Marooned in his home in Connecticut much of last year, unable to tour or even safely hang out with his band, he sat in his home studio and put together a list of favorite church music, from “Amazing Grace” to 1970s-era Catholic folk Mass tunes to modern gospel songs. 

Williams came to write “Mary Lou’s Mass” to capture her feeling of suffering—and its apotheosis.

Like a master painter’s sketchbooks, “Archives” is uniquely revealing of the roots of Joni Mitchell’s distinctive voice both as a singer and a writer.

From three 20-somethings, here are the musical selections that have helped us to remember and thank 2020.

A conversation with Michael Kurek, author of “The Sound of Beauty: A Classical Composer on Music in the Spiritual Life.”

Oh the poor starving Africans! the six of us looking at each other like are you kidding me...