It’s been a busy week for bootlegs on IndieRiver. If you haven’t seen ‘em, here’s what’s new for you:
Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken have released their duet EP, now available on its own website. Click on the link to hear samples of the EP and to purchase the EP. If you order the EP now, you will be sent a link to download the tracks immediately.
Tracklist:
1. Valentine
2. When The Summer’s Gone
3. Watch Your Mouth
4. When The Lights Go Out
5. If Not For You
6. My Finest Misfortune
I wanted to make you aware of two new bootlegs posted in the past week:
This is the only recording I’ve seen of the 2007 Behold the Lamb of God tour. Maybe someone else recorded one? I hope so. It’s the only show I made it to this year.
I’ve been working off a backlog of shows lately, and I didn’t want those to go missed here on SPA.net. [We have a mailing list to keep you apprised as these things go out, mind you.] Here’s what’s new:
Here’s a sample from the show of Randall’s I just put out tonight, with his wife Amy accompanying him on “Susan Coats’s Pants”:
As always, these shows are available on IndieRiver.net for the low-low price of … FREE. We simply ask that you stay online after you’ve downloaded to help us seed the bootlegs [which lets other folks get things faster] and to support the artists by buying their CDs. We know that some of you live in places where the Pegs don’t often play, so this is your opportunity to hear them in concert without spending hundreds of dollars on airfare. [If you wanted to toss some of that money you're not spending our way towards us to help defray the costs of running the site, we will not complain.] Sign up for an IndieRiver account today, and remember to check out the HOWTO to help you get started.
Well, since Sandra is openly discussing this in concerts, it’s worth posting the good news for all to know …
“I’m playing my guitar side saddle,” she said at a show up in Nashville a couple weeks back. “We have an extra member here up on stage.”
I believe the street date for this release is early this summer. 
On behalf of [squarepegalliance.net] and the larger fan community, congratulations. Folks seem to really be excited.
Photos of Andrew Peterson’s Behold The Lamb of God show at Fayetteville, GA on 12/8/2006 featuring fellow Square Pegs Andy Gullahorn, Jill Phillips, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, and Eric Peters are now uploaded on Flickr!
Sandra McCracken’s latest album, Gravity|Love, receives a positive four-star review in the latest issue (#25) of Paste Magazine. The review states “…she’s capable of creating Americana to rival recent outings from Tom Petty or The Jayhawks…” Her song “Long Way Home” is also featured in the included sampler CD alongside artists such as Mindy Smith and The Decemberists.
Her husband, Mr. McCracken, also known as Derek Webb, also has an insert in the latest issue detailing the free release of his latest album, Mockingbird
I know that everyone can’t always be driving to Nashville on Tuesday nights—Nashville may not be nearby, and heck, mid-week trips are hard. [Trust me, I know.] This may have you bummed about not making the Gravity|Love release show in Nashville on Tuesday, but if that’s your problem, how about hitting Knoxville on Friday? Convenient to three interstate corridors, a beautiful city [okay, so I'm biased as it's my birthplace], and a great venue in New City.
The lineup will be the same for these shows [and tonight's in Columbia]:
So, if you can’t make Nashville on Tuesday, hit up Knoxville tomorrow. You’ll have a blast either way!
We are sorely, sorely remiss for not prominently mentioning this date before now, but we’ll make up for it: if you can make it, come to Nashville on Tuesday September 12th! Sandra has put together a wonderful show for the release of her new album, Gravity|Love, which I’ve had for a month and quite dearly love. If you don’t have it, part of the $10 cover charge that night includes a copy of the CD. [Me, I'll find someone upon whom I will bestow this bit of musical goodness.] And if Sandra alone isn’t reason enough to show—and if it isn’t, you need your head examined!—the wonderful Kate York and fellow Square Peg Matthew Perryman Jones will open. This promises to be a wonderful, wonderful show … heck, it’s almost two weeks away and I’m already giddy with excitement.
If you are coming out, let us know! I’d like to meet up with all of you that come on out … I’ll be there taking photos and recording it and doing all that fun stuff.
Radiant Magazine has a two-part interview with our Sandra.
Sandra McCracken may be better known to some audiences as Derek Webb’s better half, but McCracken has been making her own way for quite a while.
I don’t think of her as Mrs. Derek Webb; I think of Derek as Mr. Sandra McCracken.
The interview delves into some of Sandra’s background, so it’s a good read if you’ve wondered about this sort of thing before.
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