Evermore Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020) I did not want to write this review. The reason is simple: Other than her work ethic and productivity, I have...
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Good Woman The Staves (Atlantic Records UK, 2021) The opening track of The Staves’ 2021 album Good Woman is so strong, I’ve had it playing on repeat for the...
Strawberry Mansion Langhorne Slim (Dualtone Records, 2021) First, let’s deal with the name. It’s a self-deprecating joke. He’s really Sean Scolnick, a nice...
As a young kid, I hated when my family and friends sang the “Happy Birthday” song to me. I never minded singing it for others. Yet when people sang for me, it...
In the early ’90s I had a wonderful opportunity to study Gregorian chant at the Pontifical Institute in Vatican City. Most of my colleagues were...
Thursday evening rehearsals always ended the same way. We turned off the lights, lit candles in front of an icon of Mary and Jesus gifted by the monks from the...
Read Broken Signposts By N. T. Wright (HarperOne, 2020) In Broken Signposts, N. T. Wright reveals fresh insights into the story of Jesus Christ in the Gospel...
I remember my first radio. One Christmas morning in the early ’60s, I unwrapped a tan, boxlike radio with a sloping face and three dials: an on/off switch, a...
There’s no such thing as bad music, says Daniel K. L. Chua, a professor of music at the University of Hong Kong. “I can get great joy from hearing my kids...
I must have looked pretty silly to other drivers. But there I was. A grown man of 40 years. A father going home to his family. Driving on the freeway in my...
