Forward The Swell Season (Masterkey Sounds, 2025) It’s been close to 20 years since the release of Once, the Irish drama/musical about two struggling musicians...
Music
Read U.S. Catholic articles on music and faith, exploring how song, prayer, and creativity deepen spiritual life and community.
I was a senior in college when Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album came out. This is the album that inspired the 2025 biographical film Deliver Me from Nowhere...
November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Patti Smith’s landmark debut album, Horses. A blend of poetry and back-to-basics rock and roll the...
Star Line Chance the Rapper (Self-released, 2025) I am 45 years old, so my taste in music, especially hip-hop, is suspect to my teenage son’s generation. He...
Talkin to the Trees Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts (Reprise, 2025) A friend of mine used to say, “The older I get the more like myself I get.” And that’s...
Golliwog Billy Woods (Backwoodz Studios, 2025) Billy Woods (not his real name) has spent the better part of a decade establishing himself as underground hip...
Bono, the lead singer for Irish rock band U2, has been an inescapable pop cultural presence for at least 40 years. At first U2 was a bit of a man-bites-dog...
Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles Alan Sparhawk & Trampled by Turtles (Sub Pop, 2025) On November 5, 2022, Mimi Parker died. Singer, songwriter, and...
For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) Japanese Breakfast (Dead Oceans, 2025) Japanese Breakfast rocketed into our music world in 2013...
Midwinter Swimmers The Innocence Mission (Bella Union, 2024) Sometimes an album comes along so seemingly unconcerned with popularity and trends that it...
