With her release of the album “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”, Taylor Swift revisits the recording that transformed her from a star into a supernova, reflecting with joyful grace on the woman she was still becoming.
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My Heavy Metal Walk With God
Heavy metal has the power to name the darkness in the world—the injustice, the suffering, but also the numinous.
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A Deadhead’s pilgrimage: How a Dead & Company concert helped me connect with my late uncle
I may never hear my uncle Robert’s voice again, but if I want to know he’s still with me, I just need to listen to the music play.
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Parrotheads know: Jimmy Buffett was much more than booze and debauchery
Jimmy Buffett was noted for his many silly pop songs in obituaries after his death on Sept. 1. But his music wasn’t always just a matter of rum and flip-flops.
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Some Catholics will never forgive Sinéad O’Connor for tearing the pope’s photo. Others will never forget its power.
Sinéad O’Connor, who was found dead in London on July 26, thwarted any attempt throughout her life to extinguish her creativity or her output.
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Noah Kahan might look like a folky Jesus. But the power of his songwriting comes from his imperfections.
In “Stick Season,” folk sensation Noah Kahan delves deep into the broody, moody waters of young adulthood in the American Northeast.
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Sufjan Stevens released ‘Michigan’ 20 years ago. It still reminds me of home.
The pace at which “Michigan” toggles between gratitude and loss would be jarring, if it weren’t so hauntingly beautiful.
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Paul Simon’s ‘Seven Psalms’ is a biblical record of hope, fear and love
Paul Simon’s new album, ‘Seven Psalms,’ piles up its own imagery for God, encompassing the biblical God of both comfort and destruction.
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert felt a lot like going to Mass
That day I spent in New Jersey, Taylor Swift would be my pastor, MetLife Stadium my parish, and the Swiftie community my congregation.
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Willie Nelson’s Amazing Grace
Willie Nelson might not be the first person who comes to mind when you think of a “Christian musician.” But he has long talked about his admiration for the teachings of Jesus.