Derek Webb with Sandra McCracken
ARCHIVE: November 3, 2007
Singer/songwriter Derek Webb and his band performed at Merrimack Hall for one concert on Saturday, November 3, 2007. Presented in conjunction with Southwood Presbyterian Church, this concert featured Sandra McCracken. Webb, former member of the contemporary Christian band Caedmon’s Call, has been performing and recording as a solo artist since 2005. His 2005 release Mockingbird earned rave reviews and elicited responses ranging from deep appreciation to bristling concern due to its controversial subject matter. Then, in late 2006, he poured fuel on the fire by giving away over 80,000 free downloads of the album on-line in partnership with his label INO Records. Major music industry media wrote all about the radical idea, and the nouveaux troubadour saw his concert audiences double in several markets. By daring to tackle difficult subjects like ethics, politics, and personal integrity with disarming vulnerability, Webb turned more than a few heads in the music industry.
Thus it is to a larger, and increasingly excited audience that he introduces his fourth solo project; The Ringing Bell. As the title suggests, this collection sounds clearly through the noise of the day, beckoning some, and warning others. It’s a call to meaningful conversations and it’s a great time. It injects songs into the cultural bloodstream that will move listeners to reflection and action while moving their feet.
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