Derek Webb & Sandra McCracken: Swim in the Sea Tour
Thursday, November 18, 2010 / 7:30 p.m. / Doors at 6:30 p.m. / $12 advance / $15 at the door
For the Swim in the Sea Tour, Derek Webb hits the road again with his wife Sandra McCracken. The tour is an attempt to discuss songs, liturgy, and worship through music and conversation. Derek Webb will also be sharing new music from his upcoming ‘Feedback’ project and Sarah McCracken will be sharing new work from her new release ‘In Feast or Fallow.’
Ticket sales for this concert will benefit the work of the local non-profit Scarlet Hope.
About Derek Webb: At a time when major labels are struggling to reinvent themselves, and artists are desperate to hold on to a rapidly shrinking audience that doesn’t always pay for its music, singer/songwriter Derek Webb continues to make iconoclastic, irresistible, radio-ready pop records about love and war and social justice. However, unlike most pop artists on the scene today, Webb’s engaged, committed fan-base is constantly expanding – in part because Derek Webb has a tendency to give his music away for free. “I’ve always loved folk music,” Webb says, “because of its ability to tell the story of the times we’re living live in, in a timeless way. But for me, the best folk music on the scene right now is hip-hop. So with STOCKHOLM SYNDROME I wanted to incorporate the more urban and evocative elements of hip-hop.” Listen to Derek Webb here.
About Sandra McCracken: “Sandra McCracken’s cloud-splitting voice will be my undoing. And it doesn’t hurt that her writing marries the pop acumen off Lennon/McCartney to the lyrical heft of Julie Miller. If I wrote down all the superlatives I’m tempted to write down, you’d question my credibility.” -Paste Magazine. Listen to Sandra McCracken here.
