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Andrew Peterson
Singer, Songwriter, Author
The proprietor of the Rabbit Room—Andrew Peterson, is the singer-songwriter behind more than ten albums and is the author of the Christy award-winning Wingfeather Saga.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
by Andrew Peterson 08
Well, folks. It’s been a while. I’ll update more later, but for now I’ll post a clip from the Behold the Lamb Live DVD. I’ll be putting up the rest of the songs as I have time. If you’re so inclined, send the links to the friends I hope you’re roping into coming to see [...]
The String Session
by Andrew Peterson 01
Here’s a quick look at the string session. The song they’re working on here is “Hosanna”, and I have to say that I believe that Ben Shive has outdone himself. You should’ve heard these string players going on about how great the arrangements were, all the more amazed because Ben isn’t a string [...]
A Bit of Advice, from a Desperate Cur
by Andrew Peterson 28
I recently had a good, long phone conversation with a singer-songwriter about that grand old subject, Getting Started in the Music Business. He’s recorded an album but hasn’t yet taken the leap into full-time music and was asking me for some advice on the matter.
Requests?
by Andrew Peterson 26
Hey, folks.
The kids are in bed, Jamie’s baking some new amazing pumpkiny cake, and I’m just finishing up packing for the trip tomorrow. We’re heading to Virginia then Louisiana with a more or less completed version of Resurrection Letters, Vol. II. The Captains and I spent the day at Todd Robbins’s mixing studio tweaking the [...]
Stuart Duncan
by Andrew Peterson 24
I haven’t figured out a way to link my other blog (andrew-peterson.blogspot.com) to this one, so I’ll just include the video here. To read more about good ol’ Stuart Duncan, read here.
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Listening to: Marc Cohn – Let Me Be Your Witness
via FoxyTunes
An Uncomfortable Close-Up
by Andrew Peterson 20
I’ve been trying to figure out how to integrate my other blog with this one. For those of you who don’t know, I’m making a record called Resurrection Letters, Vol. II, and my musical compadres (the Captains Courageous) and I have been documenting the process for the last few months.
Welcome to the Rabbit Room
by Andrew Peterson 17
Two years ago I walked the streets of Oxford with my wife. We were in London for a few days during the final throes of Spring and took the train to the famously literary town to visit, among other things, the former home of C.S. Lewis.
It’s a two-story brick house called the Kilns, [...]
Life of Pi
by Andrew Peterson 16
It’s hard for me to get excited about the popular stuff.
Then sometimes I read it (or watch it or listen to it) and I remember that just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s lame. That mindset is a remnant of my anti-establishment tendencies in high school. Football was popular, so I hated football.
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Facing the Truth
I went to the doctor yesterday for the first time in years. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been sick; it means I’m the kind of stubborn fool who doesn’t like to take an ibuprofen for a headache, the kind of crank who would rather walk around squinting and snappy than to take the blasted aspirin. I just don’t like medicine. I prefer sweating it out, however inconvenient that is for the people around me. So after ten days of coughing and sniffling and whining I finally decided it must be a sinus infection. I have a show in a few days, and I can’t afford to be sick. So I bravely did what any man in my shoes would do: I asked my wife what to do. She told me which doctor to visit and I drove to the offices with a steely resolve. The nurse behind the sliding glass window handed me the clipboard with the dreaded New Patient Paperwork, and then the thing happened that made me want to write this.
The questions began. “Do you have any allergies?” “Do you drink caffeine?” “Do you use tobacco?” “If so, how often?” “Do you exercise regularly?” “Is there a history of heart disease in your family?” “Have you had any surgeries?
Rabbit Room Radio
You can now listen to Rabbit Room artists and podcasts every waking hour of your day—assuming you have a good internet connection. Rabbit Room Radio is available through the player below, through iTunes (look in the “Religious” category), or through any internet radio player. Sunday morning programming coming soon, as well as Saturday morning kids’ music. Let us know what you think.
