Andrew Peterson's Behold the Lamb of God

Since 2000, each December Andrew Peterson and friends have toured the country, playing songs from his album, Behold the Lamb of God.  As Peterson puts it, the album tells the TRUE tall tale of the coming of Christ.  To give you a little bit of a feel for the album, here are two of the songs from it, performed live at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in 2004.  The first, Matthew's Begats, is a fun diddy about the genealogy of Christ.  The second one, Labor of Love, is a more subdued, realistic look at what it might have been like for Mary and Joseph on the night that Christ was born.





If you would like to hear the music from the whole album as well as see the lyrics, click here and then click on "OPEN PLAYER."  I hope this will motivate you to go check them out this December at one of their tour stops listed below.  If you (sadly, like me) can't make it to any of the performances, then buy the 10th Anniversary 2-disc set which includes both the original recordings as well as live performances.  It is one of my favorite albums, Christmas music or otherwise, and I couldn't agree more with the Dallas Morning News which wrote the following about the original album:

If you buy only one Christmas CD this year let it be this one. No doubt, Mr. Peterson is one of the finest singer/songwriters in Christian music. On “Behold” he is joined by some of the other best of the best, including Fernando Ortega, Derek Webb, Jill Phillips and Sandra McCracken. The result is an organic album that relies on strength of writing faithful to Scripture, expert musicianship on everything from piano to hammered dulcimer and vocals that are pure and honest. What you will hear is a new classic in the making.

Click here to read another person's thoughts on the concert, and for more information about the album or the tour, visit the Behold the Lamb of God website.

Date - City

2 - Durham, NC
3 - Richmond, VA
4 - Milford, OH
5 - Milford, OH
7 - Huntsville, AL
8 - Jackson, TN
9 - Topeka, KS
10 - Lincoln, NE
12 - Knoxville, TN
14 - Montgomery, AL
15 - Charlotte, NC
16 - Nashville, TN
17 - Houston, TX
18 - Wichita Falls, TX
19 - Corsicana, TX