What happens when BarlowGirl goes to Guatemala?

A. Lauren drinks Guatemalan coffee...and is taken to a magical fantasy land

B. The girls see a BarlowGirl billboard on a Guatemalan highway

C. Alyssa sings "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music with Guatemalan puppets

D. The girls make an appearance on a Spanish radio station

E. Alyssa sings "Never Alone" in Spanish

Answer: ALL of the above! And it's all caught on tape. Check it out!

Mother's Day is coming up soon...Sunday, May 9th!

Check out this sweet Mother's Day idea from BarlowGirl:

 

Mother’s Day is coming up in May. (Have you picked up a gift for your mom, yet?) We wanted to give you a chance to write a letter about your mom. You can address it to her, to yourself, or to us. Be creative! We love to hear from you guys. But more importantly, we wanted to give you a chance to honor your mom, or to thank her, or to tell her you love her. It’s up to you. We’ll be featuring some of these letters to mom on our homepage the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Click here to send a message to mom.

When you go to a concert, you'll notice a mini mall magically appears! The artists set up tables and sell t-shirts and posters and stuff.

That stuff is called "merch", and, well, I've seen my share of interesting "merch".

What's the hot, new item? Switchfoot Shoes!

They worked with Macbeth to create their very own shoe: The Manchester. 

 

 

It even has Switchfoot graphics! Click on the shoe for more details...

I have to say that my all-time favorite merch item was a pair of Barlow Girl Boxing Gloves.

 

(The gloves went well with the boxing ring theme on the cover of "How Can We Be Silent".)

 

Yes, there's an app for BarlowGirl! ;) I mentioned The Classic Crime's app in an earlier post here on the blog. Now you can also get exclusive BarlowGirl content, tour info, photos, etc with their FREE BarlowGirl app.

Don't forget to get your FREE Air 1 app for your iPhone, too! :)

Yeah, it's going on right now! And they are hitting a lot more cities in October and November, plus find out about winning free tickets ... they're GIVING AWAY tickets to every show. Nice!

Enjoy this trailer of the BarlowGirl Superchic[k] tour:

And this one of Superchic[k]'s "Cross the Line":

BarlowGirl just released their new album "Love and War" today and on top of that, they'll be making some special TV appearances this month!

 

You can catch the girls tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9th, on the Joyce Meyer special "Lives Changed Part I", and check out Becca Barlow's testimony.  The show's website has more details on where you can watch it on TV and online.

You can also watch BarlowGirl perform their latest Air 1 hit "Beautiful Ending" on Tuesday, September 29th, on WGN America's "Midday News". 

Check out these rock dudes AND chicks you hear on Air 1, and how they LOVE their families:

Third Day's Mark Lee (via Twitter)

Being newly married and constantly on the road was a real struggle. Through that process we learned that our families have to be a ...

... major priority. Who knows how long the band will last, but our marriages will last a lot longer! #erhsabout 23 hours ago from web 

Alyssa Barlow of BarlowGirl (via Twitter)

It's my dads bday!! Gonna go hang with the fam about 6 hours ago from Tweetie

 

Skillet's John Cooper (blog)

"One of my favorite songs on the [new album "Awake"] is called "One Day Too Late." It's probably a little sentimental to me. The reason is because I have spent most of my adult life on the road with Skillet. I got married and Korey and I went on the road together. Next, we had kids on the road, and my kids have spent most of their lives on the road! All that to say, we have given every year, month and day to our music and the message. Sometimes I have to step back and realize that maybe I give too much time to this work. Perhaps I need to spend more time working on those relationships with my wife and kids, rather than spending all of my time on the music and ministry of Skillet. Because in the end, who cares how many records we sell, or how many lives are touched, if I ruin my relationships with my family or if I am a bad father, etc. Who knows how much time we have on this earth, and I want to live every day knowing that I lived for the things that really matter." 

Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay (via Twitter)

I've got a fist full of organic animal crackers and a big mug of Ethiopian coffee. I'm ready to pick a fight. 8:42 AM Aug 25th from TwitterFon 

Yeah, that last one was just funny! :)

Yeah! BarlowGirl showed up on Yahoo! Music with this video premiere of their latest Air 1 hit, "Beautiful Ending". And good news for Barlow Fans--their new album, Love and War is not coming out September 22nd--it's coming out early, September 8th!

Enjoy the video!

Hey! We have brand new Air 1 music for you this week:  

"Ocean Wide" by The Afters (Rockin' out at Summer festivals & getting ready to "Rock the Universe" this fall at Universal Studios, Orlando, FL!)

 

 

 

"Beautiful Ending" by BarlowGirl

(New album out September 22nd!)

 

   

"Hold My Heart" by Tenth Avenue North (Getting ready for their "Inside and In Between Tour" this September!)

 

You can sign up for Air 1's Mixology and check out Air 1's taste test to let us know what you think of the new tunes. Just click on the INsider at www.air1.com.  

A lot of fans have been waiting for this and it's finally happening ... Superchic[k] and Barlowgirl are going on tour together this fall! VOTA is also on the tour and they'll be announcing the list of tour cities and more details soon--we'll post them here on the Air 1 Music Blog as soon as we get them.

In the meantime, enjoy this video of Superchic[k]'s song about BarlowGirl!