From Alpha to Omega, this is bluegrass of the highest order, our reviewer says.
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“On Eagle’s Wings”: The simple origin of the song that makes the world cry
Composer Jan Michael Joncas kept the song under wraps for years.
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An (unconventional) Advent playlist
“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” is not the only Advent song out there.
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Jann Wenner made Rolling Stone in his image. Now he doesn’t like what he sees.
The self-described “first child of the baby boom,” Jann Wenner is not happy with a new biography.
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Woody Guthrie sang the Gospel
Many of Guthrie’s songs focused on on social issues, especially those involving migrant workers.
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The Catholic punk rock of The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn
Finn’s songs somehow manage to avoid cheap nihilism in favor of a palpable sense of mercy.
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Arcade Fire looks for God in a material world.
A tension between materialism and a yearning for greater meaning runs throughout the band’s new album.
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Why does U2 irk so many people? A look at their struggle for pop hits and social justice
Is it possible to seek total global pop domination and to remain somehow soulful, sane and socially righteous?
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What theologians and environmentalists can learn from Sufjan Stevens
The texture and variety of Stevens’s new album creates liminal spaces between the sacred and the profane.
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The Prayers of Chris Cornell
So many of Cornell’s songs are filled with Christological and sacramental imagery.