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Pegs on Tour: Date Added 8 Feb 2010

Geof F. Morris — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:01:52 +0000

2009 Andrew Peterson Christmas Tour Band

Geof F. Morris — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:42:48 +0000

There are 2-3 holes left to fill in the schedule, so if you’re interested in bringing the AP Christmas tour to your town, now is the time to be doing it.

Here’s the band lineup for 2009:

Andrew Peterson
Ben Shive
Jill Phillips
Andrew Gullahorn
Brandon Heath
Matt Slocum
Todd Bragg
Cason Cooley
Gabe Scott
Andy Osenga

EP on Tour: Dates Added 16 Jun 2009

Geof F. Morris — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:44:23 +0000

The whole SPA in St. Peters, MO on Tue 30 Jun. They play Cornerstone the next day, but we won’t list that separately as you’re either already going to C-stone or not.
EP and BS in O’Fallon, MO on Fri 31 Jul.

EP on Tour: Dates Added 17 Mar 2009

Geof F. Morris — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:50:20 +0000

Couple new dates for EP:

EP in Gardendale, AL on Sat 28 Mar 2009. I’ll be at that one. I’m on vacation.
EP and Ben Shive in Canton, GA on Sat 6 Jun 2009. I’m thinking about that one, but it’s also my folks’ 40th wedding anniversary.

Andy O on Tour: Adds for 10 Mar 2009

Geof F. Morris — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:03:59 +0000

I’m re-thinking how I do the tour updates. Saving it up for once a week is … a bit much. So I’m doing them daily… maybe. We’ll see.

Square Pegs at Cornerstone Festival

jholland — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:58:32 +0000

The Square Peg Alliance have been confirmed for Cornerstone Festival this summer in Bushnell, Illinois, according to the Festival website.

Details forthcoming about when each of the artists will perform and on what stages.

Ben on Eric’s Next Record

Geof F. Morris — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:21:17 +0000

Ben recently wrote the first part of a multi-part series about helping Eric write his next record. I’m not a musician, and I’ve never recorded anything but a concert, so I found this fascinating, honestly. Especially:

When I listen to a song I’m mostly trying to gauge what it’s attempting to communicate and whether it communicates that thing well. If I had to name the quality I’m looking for, I’d call it “focus.” Is the song littered with throwaway lines? Is the lyric overly poetic or overly plain? Is there an economy of well-developed ideas and metaphors? Or are words and images thrown around carelessly? Is the listener going to feel the emotion or understand the idea at the core of this song?

Focus is also a quality I look for in the music. Are there moments that distract from the lyric, seem out of character, stagnate, or belabor some musical theme? Or does the music support the lyric well, propel it forward, give it a comfortable place to sit?

Worth a read … and remember, please help support Eric’s Next Record.

Christianity Today Lists Ben Shive as a “Best of 2008″ CD

Ron — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:01:30 +0000

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:

A Name A Name A Name
Out of Tune
Rise Up
Do You Remember
She is the Rising Sun
4th of July
’97
New Year
The Old Man
Nothing for the Ache
Binary Star
Wear Your Wedding Dress

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