New Derek Webb on May 1

INO Recording artist Derek Webb is releasing his fourth solo studio project, "The Ringing Bell," on May 1.

With guaranteed confrontational and challenging lyrics, Webb provides his audience with a deep theological approach to today’s issues with great music.

“I do not do things in moderation,” Webb admits. “I think The Ringing Bell is a record about peace on the whole…be it literally, conceptually, personally, nationally, or even spiritually. I felt like there was more to say about the subject,” he says. “This is too important of a moment historically to not say more about the idea of peace. It’s right in my face at all times if I claim to be at all concerned with anything that Jesus ever said.”

The Ringing Bell, as the title suggests, is a collection that sounds clearly through the noise of the day, beckoning some, and warning others. It’s a call to meaningful conversations and it’s a great time. It injects songs into the cultural bloodstream that will move listeners to reflection and action while moving their feet. Webb hopes this record is a bit of a surprise. “Inadvertently I feel like I have somehow mysteriously made my most commercial record,” Webb laughs. “It’s definitely my most accessible one. I feel like it brings together the best elements of what people have liked about my music up to this point.”

Fresh on the heels of wrapping up the project, Webb was recently featured in the March 26th edition of USA Today, along with singer Rickie Lee Jones, in a two-column spread regarding the twisted ties of politics and religion. In the article, Webb comments, “I hope to tell people what I really see when I look at the world…it’s the only medium I have, and it’s as good a place as any to start.” To view this article in it’s entirety, click here.