Sandra McCracken

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 | 0 Comments

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

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