Sandra McCracken
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Sandra McCracken in performance at Ecclesia Church in Houston, Texas on September 24, 2006.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sandra Marie McCracken |
| Born | June 16, 1977 |
| Origin | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Genres | Americana, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Shell, Towhee |
| Associated acts | Derek Webb |
| Website | SandraMcCracken |
Sandra Marie McCracken (born June 16, 1977) is an independent singer-songwriter. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
As a singer/songwriter, McCracken has penned songs for Caedmon's Call (on albums In the Company of Angels, Back Home, and Overdressed) as well as for Derek Webb’s solo release, She Must and Shall Go Free and recorded eight albums of her own (in addition to contributing to many others).
McCracken grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Westminster Christian Academy. McCracken began her musical career shortly after graduating from Belmont University, in 1999. She independently released two albums, The Crucible and Gypsy Flat Road in 2000, and 2001 respectively.
In late 2003, McCracken recorded Best Laid Plans with engineer, Ray Kennedy (Twang Trust) and world-renowned producer, Peter Collins. In the summer of 2004, McCracken signed the album to Shell Records in London, headed by UK music business legend, Dave Robinson. Shell released the album in the UK, followed by two radio singles, "Last Goodbye" and "No More Tears," which received significant airplay and attention across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
In 2005, McCracken released The Builder and the Architect, an album of hymns. The same team that worked on Best Laid Plans came together again in February 2006 to record album number five, Gravity / Love which was released in September 2006. In 2010, McCracken released In Feast or Fallow, another album of hymns, recorded at her home studio in East Nashville.Desire Like Dynamite was released in February 2013.Psalms was released in 2015 followed by God's Highway in September 2016.
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