Sandra McCracken

New Piano/Vocal/Guitar music available

We have just finished the full music charts for The Builder And The Architect and In Feast Or Fallow!  You can download the PDFs from the webstore and print them for performance use.  Special thanks to Luke Brodine for his work on these arrangements!  

Published on August 25, 2010 at 1:53 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

Music City Unsigned and In Feast Or Fallow

We are grateful for the continued support of Nashville's own, Music City Unsigned.  Check out their writeup about "In Feast Or Fallow"

Published on April 6, 2010 at 3:04 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

www.newoldhymns.com

Writing new melodies to old hymn texts is an old idea.  It has been practiced in religious communities as far back as you can trace.  There are cycles of renewal in every facet of culture, and church music is no exception. We are beginning to see a resurgence of hymns globally and across denomination lines. 

We have just launched a new website, www.newoldhymns.com (beginning with Sandra McCracken’s two hymn albums) in hopes that it will eventually become a meeting place for people to find conversation, critique, and common ground to help propel the movement of hymn revitalization.

Send your ideas, essays, or hymn submissions to newoldhymns@gmail.com

Published on April 6, 2010 at 2:58 pm | Permalink | 1 Comment

In Feast Or Fallow Pre-Sale

In Feast Or Fallow:  Release Date April 27

"I was riding down a Nebraska highway a couple of years ago with Wendell Berry stories in my head and a new baby in the back seat when the phrase first occurred to me:  ”in feast or in fallow.”  Watching the fields go by in neat rows, I thought of crop rotation as a metaphor for my own life, mirroring the internal weather that governs the changing seasons I spend as a songwriter and caregiver.  In that moment, “In Feast or Fallow” emerged as a record title, a tiny seed of inspiration, and now this new crop of hymns has finally come to fruition."  --Sandra McCracken

PRE-ORDER NOW (with immediate download)

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Published on April 6, 2010 at 2:40 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

"In Feast Or Fallow" interview with Patrol Magazine

Charles Peters for Patrol Magazine interviews Sandra about the upcoming hymns record, "In Feast Or Fallow."  It is a first glimpe into the making of this upcoming album (release date is yet TBD).  In it, Sandra talks about the title, influences, and her hopes for this new batch of hymns.

"...Things are starting to become more integrated [in my songs], that spiritual is becoming everyday life, and everyday life is becoming spiritual."  -Sandra McCracken, on writing another album of hymns

Published on January 18, 2010 at 9:02 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

This Is The Christ (lyrics)

good news from heaven the angels bring,
glad tidings to the earth they sing
to us this day a child is given
to crown us with the joy of heaven

this is the Christ, our God and Lord
who in all need shall aid afford
he will himself our savior be
and from our sins will set us free

all hail, thou noble guest this morn
whose love did not the sinner scorn
in my distress thou come’st to me
what thanks shall i return to thee?

this is the Christ, our God and Lord
who in all need shall aid afford
he will himself our savior be
and from our sins will set us free

were earth a thousand times as fair
beset with gold and jewels rare
she yet were far too poor to be
a narrow cradle, Lord, for thee...
praise God upon his heavenly throne
who gave to us his only son
for this his hosts on joyful wing
a blest New Year of mercy sing.

this is the Christ, our God and Lord
who in all need shall aid afford
he will himself our savior be
and from our sins will set us free.

c 2009 drink your tea music
martin luther/mccracken

Published on December 6, 2009 at 4:20 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

FREE christmas hymn and 10% off coupon

Published on November 30, 2009 at 10:32 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

Black Eye Tour

Sandra McCracken will be touring this fall with Derek Webb on the highly anticipated Black Eye Tour, following the September release of his new record, Stockholm Syndrome.

Sandra will be performing a solo set to open.  The shows are selling quick, so check the tour page to buy your tickets today!

Published on September 12, 2009 at 9:34 pm | Permalink | 3 Comments