Penned mostly by Andrew Peterson, the tour is a collaboration by several Nashville artists (mostly in the Square Peg Alliance). To learn more about the album click here.
There are a few more stops on the tour this year. Click here for more info. Highly recommend.
If you haven't been introduced to "the Flight of the Conchords"...you'll thank me later.
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Last week I “tivo-ed” Austin City Limits featuring a performance by the great Etta James. She is known for such songs as “At Last” and “I’d rather go blind”. Alas, it may have been the most disturbing and unsettling thing I have ever watched. Primarily because its makes me cringed to watch a woman her age sing about wild nights of passion. Secondly, she has very weird mannerisms that resemble my own grandmother (which makes the first point all the more awkward). The feeling you are left with is that she is just too old to be doing concerts anymore. She obviously doesn’t have the vivacity of a Tina Turner….in fact she sat in a chair for half the show. She couldn’t even stand for the whole performance! Pack it up Etta…..move to a nice retirement home.
Last weekend we went to my friend Josh’s for a cook-out. Josh is one of my oldest and best friends in the world. We have known each other since I can remember. Josh is cultured, well-traveled, well-read, intellectual, and an excellent cook. We always enjoy being invited over to his house because it inevitably will include: 1) great food, usually something that I have never had before (lamb burgers this time), 2) a fiery but civil discussion on God, church or politics (this time is was about the clash of church and culture), and 3) an introduction to some band or music that I haven’t heard before but that he thinks I will like…and he is usually right (this time it was The Bad Plus, a jazz combo that is pioneering new ground out of NY). All in all, a perfect night for me.
Everyone needs a “josh”…. a friend that challenges you and introduces you to new endeavors.
Via: VideoSift
One of the most creative and artistic videos I have seen in a while. Take a look and you will see what I mean.
For about 2 years now I have been playing in the church band. Over that 2 years my contribution to the band has slowly transitioned (due to others prodding mostly) from a sax player, to a sax player/back-up singer, to now being a lead singer occasionally. One of the biggest obstacles I have had to contend with may surprise you….I have no idea what to do with my hands now. See when I was a sax player, it was pretty obvious, but as I was called on to sing more (and play less), I now suddenly have idle hands that can’t hide behind a sax and suddenly I don’t know what to do with them and feel a bit awkward on stage.
This takes me back to my younger years when I was in a Christian rap group (I’ll wait as you try to grapple with that one)………and as if it was an omen to my current predicament, I just stood there like a scarecrow. Needless to say, I wasn’t very entertaining to watch.
This weekend will be different though, I will be rocking on the organ (atleast for 1 song anyway), finally something to do with my hands. Armed with my jazz piano lessons in college I have been “shedding” (that what we cal it in the biz) the song all week on my little Casio keyboard I’ve had since high school. I didn’t bother telling the rest of the band that I have never actually performed on the organ before, but we will just see if they can figure that out for themselves.
