Congrats to Ben Shive, whose release from earlier this year - “The Ill-Tempered Klavier” - was listed by Christianity Today in their “Best of 2008″ reviews.

I’ll agree with CT on this one. Ben’s CD is one of the most lyrically and sonically brilliant works of art I’ve heard in a long time.

Track listing:

1. A Name A Name A Name
2. Out of Tune
3. Rise Up
4. Do You Remember
5. She is the Rising Sun
6. 4th of July
7. ‘97
8. New Year
9. The Old Man
10. Nothing for the Ache
11. Binary Star
12. Wear Your Wedding Dress

You can get yours at The Rabbit Room store. You’ll love it.

As you saw earlier today, you can pick up a NoiseTrade exclusive sampler of Jill’s soon-to-be-released CD “The Good Things” and get a taste of the great new music coming December 2.

You should also go check out Jill’s site, which is updated with

• new tour dates (BTLOG & others)
• a blog where you can keep up with Jill more easily
• a video featuring musical mastermind (and amazingly talented actor) Cason Cooley
• a “The Good Things” pre-order special

Go get in on the pre-ordering fun while you can.

Those of you in the Nashville area (or near an airport) - come out to 12th and Porter on Sunday to see Jill perform along with Andrew Peterson, Andy Osenga, Eric Peters, and Randall Goodgame.

I just got this info in an update from Josh at Centricity:

Oct 13th-Working on securing a church in Huntsville, AL-but nothing yet…….if you have a church in mind please let me know!

Oct 15th-Working on securing a church/retailer in Greenville, SC-nothing secured yet…..if you have a church in mind please let me know!

Oct 21st-We are working on securing some tv and media stuff for Andrew in the afternoon in Chicago, IL

Oct 22nd will more than like be in South Bend, IN….I’m confirming soon…… both WFNR and the church have committed, but I am waiting on details

Here they are the Confirmed Tour Dates!

Please come out if you can and bring a bunch of folks to come spend, what we hope will be a really cool evening each night.

Andrew Peterson
“Resurrection Letters, Vol. II”
CD Release Tour Dates

Oct 11th- Concord Baptist Church-7pm (EST)
7025 E. Brainerd Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Oct 12th- Brookwood Baptist Church-6pm (CST)
3449 Overton Road
Birmingham, AL 35223

Oct 14th- Hope Church-7pm (CST)
2094 McCullough Blvd.
Tupelo, MS 38801

Oct 16th- Powell United Methodist Church-7pm (EST)
323 West Emory Road
Knoxville, TN 37849

Oct 17th- Rockdale Community Church-8pm (EST)
2455 Old Salem Road SE
Conyers, GA 30013

Oct 18th- Rich Pond Baptist Church-7pm (CST) 200 Brad Ave.
Bowling Green, KY 42104

Oct 19th- 12th and Porter-9:15pm (CST)
114 12th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203

Oct 20th- Lifepoint Church-7pm (EST)
3915 Dublin Road
Columbus, OH 43221

Oct 23rd- Northeast Christian Church-7pm (CST)
5651 East Riverside Blvd.
Rockford, IL 61114

Oct 24th- Basic Books Café-12noon (CST)
1620 S. Koeller St.
Oshkosh, WI 54902

Oct 24th- Woodlands Church-7pm (CST)
190 Hoover Ave.
Plover, WI 54467

Oct 25th- Hickory Creek Community Church-7:30pm (CST) 960 Lincoln Highway Frankfort, IL 60423

Oct 26th- Gaylord Evangelical Free Church-5pm (EST)
1649 M-32 East
Gaylord, MI 49735

Oct 27th- First Presbyterian Church of Maumee-7pm (EST) 200 East Broadway Maumee, OH 43537

Oct 28th- Worthington Christian Church-TBA

Oct 29th- Valley Creek Baptist Church-7pm (EST)
4685 Springfield Road
Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Just a quick note/reminder/clarification for you Atlanta folks for this weekend. Jill and Andy will be in the Atlanta area this weekend playing 2 shows. There was some confusion in the MySpace world (that may or may not have been Andy’s fault…), so I wanted to make sure we get it cleared up so nobody ends up at the wrong venue on the wrong day. Jill confirmed these dates for me earlier today.

Saturday - 7:30 p.m. - Acoustic Jeremiah, Canton, GA
Just mapquest it and don’t doubt the directions when you think you’re going to fall off the edge of the earth. This is a really cool old church building that has great atmosphere. I’ve been there once, and it was really one of the coolest venues I’ve been to in a long time. And it’s a free show…

Sunday - 7:00 p.m. - Crosspointe Church, Oxford, GA
This is out in the Covington/Conyers area. I’ve seen one show here, and it was well done with a very attentive audience. And this is a free show, too.

Notice that they’re both free shows. Come on out to one (or both) of these. It’s going to be a good weekend.

Andy Gullahorn’s new CD “Reinventing the Wheel” was reviewed and rated 4.5 stars by Christianity Today. I’d be inclined to agree.

Definitely Gullahorn’s best release yet, “Reinventing the Wheel” is available at the Jill & Andy Online Superstore.

(You can also check out the awesome “Reinventing the Wheel” commercial.)

Andy Gullahorn posted his commercial for “Reinventing the Wheel” on YouTube this week. While I don’t yet have a listing of what channels it’s airing on, we’ll make sure the TV schedule gets posted when we get our hands on it.

Make sure you pick up the CD. You can get it at Jill’s store and not pay shipping. Here’s the commercial (and, just so you know, the CD is even better than the commercial):

Two important pieces of information from the Gullahorns that you need to be aware of:

First is that Andy’s new CD “Reinventing the Wheel” (which Jill tells me is amazing) is available for pre-order. The official release date is December 18, but there’s a chance that pre-orders will get in the mail sooner. If you know Andy’s writing (and if you don’t, you should), you’ll want to get in on the pre-ordering goodness. The new CD is $12, and they’ll even pay for shipping.

Second, Jill and Andy are running a bit of a holiday sale. Several CDs are marked down to $8 each, and you can get 4-pack bundles of CDs for $20. And this is with no shipping costs. Do you know 4 people who need awesome music this Christmas? Yeah, me too. Jill’s store has all of these great deals for another week or so…don’t delay and miss the good savings.

And, just in case you’ve just not been paying attention lately, Andrew Peterson’s “Behold the Lamb of God” tour (which includes Jill and Andy) hits the road in the very near future. (It’s not officially Christmas time in my home until I’ve heard Jill sing “Labor of Love.”) Check the schedule, and plan a road trip.

Christmas shopping doesn’t get any easier than this, folks. Eric Peters has offered his newest release “Scarce” in boxes of 5 and 10 for just $2 per copy. The sale runs for 2 weeks, starting today. Buy some for your friends, and then tell those friends that they can see Eric on Andrew Peterson’s “Behold the Lamb of God” tour beginning with the 12/7 Huntsville show.

He’s also got new t-shirts on the web site. They feature a VW Ghia like the 1965 model he’s been spotted driving around Nashville. Be sure you add one of those to your cart before checking out.

Eric’s web store.

The Square Pegs will be in the round again at the Radio Cafe this Tuesday. Currently scheduled to be in the round are:

Andrew Osenga
Randall Goodgame
Chris Mason
Eric Peters
Billy Cerveny
Andrew Peterson

There will be a Square Peg show at Radio Cafe in Nashville tomorrow night 9/19 at 8pm. Jill, Andy G., Jeremy, and Katy will perform. Don Chaffer (Waterdeep) will also be on hand. This is a free concert.

These Radio Cafe shows are lots of fun. Plan on attending if you’re anywhere near Nashville.