FreeDerekWebb.com

Derek Webb does not need to be freed, at least not that I know of. However he is giving away his new album, entitled “Mockingbird” for free. Note that “free” means that you have to give them your email address and 5 other people’s email addresses, each of whom will then receive an email about the free download. Your email address will also be signed up on the site’s mailing list.

The songs sound like Derek Webb, which is a good thing if you like the acoustic guitar. The title track, Mockingbird, does sound like other songs either Webb or his former band, Caedmon’s Call, have done, which is ironic given the song’s lyric, “I am like a mockingbird. I’ve got no new song to sing.” The point is not meant to be taken literally, of course — the idea is that Webb is not saying anything new, which harks to Ecclesiastes 1:9: “…there is nothing new under the sun.”

Many of the songs are more political in nature, such as In God We Trust. I particularly like the line, “In God we trust, even though he favors the nation-state.” The song Love Is Not Against the Law begins with the lyric, “Politics are love.” That song in particular takes an unpolitical view of politics.

Visit www.freederekwebb.com for more info and to get the download.