Andrew Peterson

    Andrew Peterson

    Nashville, Tennessee10 reviews across 5 releases

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    Andrew Peterson is a Florida-born singer-songwriter whose career grew from the independent Walk and touring in the 1990s, including an opening slot with Caedmon's Call. His 2000 Watershed debut, Carried Along, built folk songs around acoustic guitar, close harmonies and unusually broad orchestration; the arrangements could include mandolin or hammered dulcimer without losing the plainspoken storytelling. The writing moved between travel, family memory and theological reflection, with "Nothing to Say" turning an Arizona drive into a song of religious awe. Clear to Venus kept the acoustic center but introduced more pop coloring and occasional electric guitar. By Love and Thunder, Peterson was writing more directly about marriage, parenthood and grief, while the production became sparser after the departure of his regular touring partners.

    In 2001, Peterson began assembling the Christmas concert that became Behold the Lamb of God, first touring the song cycle before recording it in 2004. The project brought together Nashville musicians around a continuous narrative running from Passover and the prophets through Christ's birth and the cross; its unusual center was Matthew's Begats, a sung genealogy, while Jill Phillips carried Labor of Love. After visiting C.S. Lewis's Oxford home in 2006, Peterson founded the Rabbit Room, a Nashville-based organization for Christian artists and writers. He remained a recording musician while expanding into fiction and other work, including The Wingfeather Saga books and their animated adaptation. The annual Behold the Lamb of God performances continued, with Peterson still leading the project and working as a singer-songwriter in Nashville.

    5 releases reviewed