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.

For once, a bunch of dates!

• AO in Little Rock, AR on 6 Nov 2008.
• AO in Arkadelphia, AR on 7 Nov.
• A SPA show with Jill, EP, AP, and AO at 12th & Porter in Nashville on 16 Nov 2008.
• AO in Nashville on 21 Nov.

Do you ever feel like you bit off more than you can chew? That’s how I feel right now. A while back i got the idea that SPA.net needed a podcast. So I set out to make one.

In general, I wanted it to be an informative look into the world of the Square Peg Alliance. With that in mind, each episode will have Square Peg news and will feature and interview with at least one of the SPA folks. Our first episode features an interview with Derek Webb. If you have questions and/or comments, feel free to shoot an email.

I hope it’s not too terrible

Michael Terry

 

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• AG, AO, BS, EP, and JP in Nashville on 21 Sep. The SPA shows return!
• EP in Birmingham, AL on 25 Sep.
• RG in Nashville on 19 Oct. I have the feeling that this will be an SPA show, too, but I don’t know who else will be playing.
• DW in Cape Girardeau, MO on 5 Nov. With Waterdeep, Sandra, and Alli Rogers. Wow.
• DW in Edmond, OK on 7 Nov, same lineup.

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.

Here’s what we’ve seen new this week:

• AG in Jonesboro, AR on 2 Apr—that’s Wednesday, y’all.
• AG and JP in Lawrenceville, GA on 26 Apr. Update, 2 Apr: The organizer for this event emailed me to let me know that this is a private event, which I was not aware of at the time. Please respect this; Jill and Andy will be back in that area very soon. Sorry for the confusion!
• AG and JP in Oxford, GA on 4 May.

Okay, so I know that Geof has already mentioned this in his weekly listing of new tour dates, but in case you missed it, here is an announcement Christianity Today had in their weekly news roundup:

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson will hit the road with friends Jill Phillips, Andy Gullahorn, Ben Shive, and others for the Resurrection Letters Tour, which will support Peterson’s album of the same name to be released in spring 2008. In other news, Peterson will make his debut as a novelist this March with On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (WaterBrook Press), a fun and fast-paced fantasy novel for “readers of all ages.”

Here’s what’s new with Square Peg tour dates this week:

• AO in Nashville, TN on 20 Feb
• AO in Nashville, TN on 21 Feb
• AP in Newton, KS on 14 Mar
• Jill in Canton, GA on 3 May
• AP in Conyers, GA on 25 Jul
• AP in Lancaster, PA on 6 Sep

Also, EP’s show in Baton Rouge that was going to be March 28th is now a week later on April 4th.

Here’s what’s new:

Andy G is playing the following dates that we thought were AP-only:

• Andy G now with AP in Lincoln, NE on 10 Feb
• Andy G now with AP in Lafayette, IN on 17 Feb

Many of AP’s tour dates in March are now called the Resurrection Letters Tour, and Jill and Andy are both playing them with AP:

• 7 Mar in Taylors, SC
• 13 Mar in Elkhorn, NE [note: this is a previously-unannounced date]
• 15 Mar in Cedar Rapids, IA
• 21 Mar in Jacksonville, FL

Jill and Andy are supposed to play somewhere in Lawrenceville, GA on 26 Apr, but it’s not listed where, so I don’t have an Upcoming event for it yet.

Lastly from the add-to-AP news, Jill lists that she’ll play with AP in Lincoln, NE on 31 May.

Finally, Derek has a new date in New York City on 15 Feb.