I have previously compared Derek Webb to Keith Green. Well Webb is continuing to impress me, starting Sept 1st he’s giving away his newest album, Mockingbird, for free. In the article he even says that Green was his inspiration for doing so. Check freederekwebb.com. This is quite possibly the best Christian album I’ve ever heard. Webb has the most thoughtful and theologically rich lyrics I’ve heard. His music is prophetic in a time when most Christian music is about as deep and prophetic as your local Wal-Mart. So go check it out… and pirate it. Go ahead he wants you to.
“In general, I hate Christian rock music. But now I have heard the songs of Derek Webb. Webb’s songs are free of the pietistic sentimentality that usually characterizes popular Christian music. His music, like the Gospel, is at once hard, edgy, and beautiful.”
- Stanley Hauerwas
Thanks for this…a long time Keith Green fan am I, and oh have I heard you speak of Derek Webb;s album. Can’t wait to get my “pirating” on.
Such a great album! Although I paid like $12 for it and now it’s free…
I think that is awesome what he is doing, I think this is what he is struggling with in the song Zeros and Ones, about the conflict between making a living and spreading the word. Preach it Derek!
Where in the world did you find that Hauerwas quote.”
It’s in the article I linked to twice in the post above. Are you all not rabid link-clickers like I am?
I guess I was looking more for the occasion of the quote. As far as I know, Hauerwas is usually silent concerning Christian rock music. So there! And yes, I am a “rabid link-clicker. So there again!!
hey I ran across your blog while doing a Google image search for Keith Green pictures and your blog came up.
great stuff.
i like what you are thinking and writing. keep propogating the faith…