Eric & Polly Rapp

Inspiration came in the form of a poem by nineteenth-century abolitionist writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Think Not All Is Over." Here's Eric's version, "Don't Think It's Over," in an informal home recording.

We're a bit behind in updating the website, but we have uploaded a new hymn we did a rough recording of for the third Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday: The King of Love My Shepherd Is. It's a lovely Irish tune with words adapted from Psalm 23. Pop over to the Guestbook and let us know if you'd like us to do more hymns!

Here's a kind of COVID-19 song Eric wrote while on vacation. This one is not autobiographical.

Now up on Vimeo is an instrumental Eric has been playing around with for years. He got to work on it while on our recent vacation and added some structure. He says, "It isn't perfect. For the moment, I'm calling it 'Pleasant Hill.'"

Shortly after we created our channel, YouTube disabled it "for violating Google's Terms of Service." We can't imagine what the problem is, and they won't even acknowledge our repeated requests for an explanation and restoration of our channel. So we decided to try Vimeo instead. Look for us to occasionally upload videos at https://vimeo.com/ericandpollyrapp.

We now have a YouTube channel, where we will be posting occasional videos. We did one today of Eric's song "Your Mother," in honor of Mother's Day. Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4eextvjtu3WqwXB7kKxGg/

Since CDBaby is no longer selling CDs for artists, we have set up a Stripe account so we can sell our CDs right here. We also now have the ability to sell downloads of individual songs. Check out our Music pages to see what's available!

As of today, our site has moved from Hostbaby to Bandzoogle. We've tried to make sure everything looks right and works as it should, but if you notice any problems, just let us know! And if you haven't before, why not bop over to the Guestbook and say hi? We love to hear from you!

Wow, it's been a long time, but since we've updated the web site we thought we'd try reactivating the guestbook and see whether the spam filtering has improved. If not, it'll disappear again. 

We played a half-hour set last night at this event in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, which came with pumpkin painting, metal casting, snacks, hot beverages, and a cozy firepit. What a great way to enjoy a mild autumn evening!