One of the best discoveries I've made in the last year is the music of
Sara Beth Geoghegan (pronounced go-hay-gen), and those of you who showed up for our concert know what I mean. We moved the grand piano into the den for a stirring evening of music and stories by a gifted writer and communicator of truth.
Think Sara Groves or Jill Phillips with a dose of Joni Mitchell. Her piano based ballads deal honestly with sin, sadness, and depression (hey, she's been there) but never leave you there but call you to a hope in Jesus. Listening to her is like taking a walk through the Psalms, in fact, with raw honesty matched by hopeful affirmation.
Her last record, Tired of Singing Sad Songs, about says it all. What you don't hear in the record is that this young woman is hilarious. In concert she mixes these sobering songs on deep subjects with funny anecdotes. I just appreciate that she's so aware that she's under reconstruction, as are we all, clay in the hands of the master potter.
You'll find a video of Sara Beth below, but I really don't think it does her justice, and if you saw her in concert, you know that. So for more, check out her website, her Myspace page, and my album review (with an audio track download). In addition, come back for a visit and I may have some video from our concert posted!