I posted about this last week on Square Peg Alliance.net, but I wanted to mention it here for those who don’t read that blog. Andrew Peterson went back into the studio last week to start tracking his new CD, Resurrection Letters. I was able to drop by one day to hear some of the tracking and read through the lyrics, and now I’m really looking forward to hearing the finished project. Ben Shive, who plays keys for Andrew on the road, is producing again, and Matt Pierson and Paul Eckberg played bass and drums, respectively. Andrew started a blog for those who want to know what’s going on where he is posting videos, pictures, and summaries of the day’s events (there’s a link in my link list).

To hold you over until Resurrection Letters comes out, Andrew is releasing Appendix M (in part to help fund the new record), the second in his Appendix series. The audio portion of the CD will have 8 tracks, and there will also be videos of a couple other songs (including a cover of Rich Mullin’s “The Color Green”). From his website: The album features live songs, original demos and other rarities, plus access to exclusive desktop wallpapers, chord charts to the songs from The Far Country and Love and Thunder, writings, and lots of exclusive video content.

Here is the track list:

1. Further Proof (Studio Live)
2. Over My Head (Live)
3. No More Faith (Original Demo Version)
4. No More Faith (Strings/Piano/Dulcimer version)
5. Sun on the Moon (Live) – (A James Taylor cover)
6. Dreams (Original Demo Version)
7. Long, Long Ago
8. All the Way Home (Featuring Jill Phillips)

Andrew gives some more details about these tracks and the album on the message board at his website.

The album was sent off to be mastered and duplicated the end of last week and should be ready to ship in two or three weeks. Pre-orders started Monday night and are already pouring in, and since I’m running his webstore for the summer, I’ve already started printing out address labels and getting the packages ready to send as soon as the CDs come in. It’s only available on his website and at shows, so be sure to get a copy soon. Appendix A has been sold out for a while, and there are not currently any plans to re-issue it.

I’ll mention it here again when both CD’s come out, but in the meantime be sure to add Andrew’s blog to your daily reading. The link is http://www.andrew-peterson.blogspot.com.