Saturday night, a buddy and I headed to Northern Chicago to see Andrew Peterson and friend's Behold the Lamb of God Concert. It was a amazing. Andrew has some talented friends who "accompanied" him for the concert - Derek Webb, Andy Gullahorn, Jill Phillips, Sandra McCracken, and Eric Peters. They're all a part of a consortium/collaboration/whatever of artists called Square Peg Alliance.
The first half of the concert was a round robin of the group of talented friends taking turns singing a song from their individual albums accompanying eachother and telling funny stories between songs. It was the first time I'd really heard Eric Peters and I really liked his stuff. I was already a fan of the rest so it was nice to find another artist to listen to and I picked up one of his CD's at the intermission.
After the break, they went straight into the Behold the Lamb of God set without any talk between songs- just one majestic anthem after another. They had some very talented other artists supporting them and, of course, one of my favorite instruments - hammer dulcimer baby!
If you can catch him another time, I highly recommend it.
About a month ago I was talking to a friend about the moon and had a poetic moment...
She walks across the azure field;Behind a vaporous veil she moves-Cycled grace tinting her shroud with light;Peering though a vapored veil,She breaks forth in glorious display-Pearl of the night, Watcher of day;She considers, she reflectsLight not her own,She shines with glory rebounding-The light of fiery King of watchful space,Whose vivid rays trace earth’s rimto find her face and in love, un-dim.