Centricity Music artist Andrew Peterson is a guy with a guitar, yes, but a guy-with-a-guitar who is so intentionally rooted in the stuff of life—in family, friendship, community, home and even the very plot of land he lives on—that he seems almost counter-culture. Okay, maybe Andrew Peterson is counter-culture. But it’s not his fault. It’s the culture that shifted.

Over the last ten years Andrew Peterson has quietly carved out a niche for himself as one of the most thoughtful, poetic, and lyrical songwriters of his generation. More recently he’s established himself as the grassroots facilitator of an online literary and songwriting community (www.RabbitRoom.com) and an emerging fantasy novelist as well (The Wingfeather Saga).

But it’s still ultimately that sense of rootedness that listeners, readers and fans seem to respond to most deeply—because Andrew’s songs (and books) remind us again and again of simple, solid things like love and friendship and hope and redemption and beauty and how our stories were meant to be shared, and how the darkness will not always hold sway, and how we, being human, need to hear those things over and over again, because otherwise we become disconnected from the very stories we’re living in.

Andrew’s latest album is Counting Stars (Centricity Music). The iTunes Review wrote of Andrew and his music:

With a quiet sort of mastery Andrew Peterson spins tales of yearning and redemption on Counting Stars. Over the years, this accomplished singer/songwriter has emerged as one of Christian music’s most thoughtful poetic voices, avoiding easy clichés in favor of stories rooted in everyday experience. He upholds high standards on his latest work by setting cleanly wrought lyrics to evocative acoustic guitar-based melodies, dressed up with banjos, violins and percussion.

Originally from Florida, Andrew lives in Nashville and performs 150 concerts a year, traveling by way of the Winnebago he affectionately calls “Millennium Falcon.” His wife Jamie travels with him and also sings backing vocals. Along for the ride are Andrew and Jamie’s two boys, Aedan and Asher Jesse, along with Andrew’s best friend Gabe, who provides various vocal and instrumental backing.

The group finds home and hospitality as they stop along their journeys to share some tales with folks who are eager to welcome them inside. For audience members, their concerts create a sense of sitting around a cozy living room, eyes peering forward, minds deep in thought at the expressions of a detailed storyteller.

We’re looking forward to hearing more from Andrew here at ConversantLife in the coming weeks. He’s a multi-dimensional artist whose musicality, spiritual depth, and keen writing style inform everything he does.