Free Album Download by Vesper

30 March , 2010

CD Artwork by Vesper Stamper

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Friends,
I’d like to offer you a gift in honor of Holy Week this week (whether or not it’s something you celebrate).
For Christmas this past year, I gave a CD of hymns that I recorded very simply. I am a folkie at heart, and I love what I can only describe as “honest music”–music that just lets itself stand, that’s a little raw and roughly recorded (think of Michelle Shocked’s Texas Campfire Tapes, for example). I had wanted to do an album of hymns for a while, but my only window to do it was the day after I recovered from laryngitis, during the deep chaos of the Christmas season. I didn’t care–I liked that it was that rough. Thankfully, my friends Bekah Sankey, Aaron and Whitni Roche came and smoothed out some of the edges with the most lighthanded harmonies and second guitars imaginable. This set of 8 hymns was culled from about 50 that were very meaningful to me. I dedicated it to my grandparents–my Grampa, who is singing some of these in heaven, and my Grandma, who inspires me every day. Enjoy.

If you’d like to give a donation for the album, you can do that via PayPal.

All Glory, Laud and Honor

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Rock of Ages

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Jesus is the Lover of My Soul

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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

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Immortal, Invisible

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Nearer, My God, to Thee

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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?

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Lead Kindly, Light

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8 Responses to “Free Album Download by Vesper”

1. Bek Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 8:57 am

   Vesper, this is perfect! I’ve have been searching and searching for something like this for a long time now! Thank you, thank you. This will be on a lot in our house, Holy Week or not.

2. Brad Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 9:26 am

   These are beautiful. Wow. Thank you so much for sharing. Agreed these will be on a lot – Holy Week or not. Thanks!

3. M Joshua Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

   I like lots.

   Perhaps this is a daft qeustion: but I’m not getting how I download the album. Direct link? Have to hit the “donate” first?

4. admin Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 6:46 pm

   Doh! I’m the daft one. I got in to doing my taxes and forgot to provide the whole thing as a download. Give me a few minutes.

5. admin Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 6:58 pm

   OK! You got it. Look under the streaming tracks. Now back to Caesar’s business.

6. Caroline Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

   beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

   from the art to the melodies to the instruments…
   Thank you so much for sharing!!

7. Daniel Reid Says:
   April 1st, 2010 at 6:06 am

   Yes, yes, ….”downloads” she sez……but what about us old geezers, who can barely E-Bay, and have a hard time just doing this? Is this available on 8-track? Okay, okay……CD’s then,??? (If I musttttt!!!!!) But I STILL don’t understand how in thundernation you cram the CD into this little tiny MP3 player!!! I just don’t GET it!!! No, NO!!! Please don’t explain it to me,, my head already hurts…….which is precisely WHYYYYY I NEED a calming and soothing CD like THIS ONE! This is Beautiful ! So, where can I roll up, and just buy an armful? I’ll pay extra just so I >>Don’t<< have to "download" it!

   Speaking of Being Nearer to God, I would need the patience of JOB to understand this contraption. Help a geezer out here, would ya? Thanks!

8. Meryl Says:
   April 4th, 2010 at 11:00 am

   <3 Dan Buona Pasqua! Thank you Vesper!!!! Happy Easter to all!

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