For a solution, it is best to experience how Beethoven’s works sound.
Music
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Jason Isbell’s ‘Reunions’ begs us to listen differently
Jason Isbell’s music dares us to practice intentional, engaged listening precisely because that is what Isbell himself is bringing to it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ is the album we need to survive quarantine
Apple’s new album feels like a sustained performance, dense with emotion and observation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
R.I.P. John Prine, oracle of the broken and the beautiful
John Prine, who died on Tuesday, April 7, was one of country-folk music’s greatest lyricists.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A love song for Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines wrote a number of classic novels, including “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
We’re in the New Age of Protest Music
Several political artists were been nominated for Grammys this year, including Rhiannon Giddens, bluegrass outfit Che Apalache and Kenyan folk singer J.S. Ondara.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
In ‘Broken Silence,’ a composer brings a note of hope to the church’s sex abuse crisis
“Broken Silence” is more than a concert. It is a musical meditation that plunges straight to the heart of our collective trauma.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
When Christmas is neither merry nor white
We make Christmas into something it is not and wonder why it disappoints.
Posted inArts & Culture, Faith
These are the worst (religious) Christmas songs of all time
Christmas songs that invoke Jesus’ name or mention the Nativity story are not automatically more respectful than Christmas songs that don’t.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
The street philosophy book behind the ‘Wu-Tang’ television miniseries
“Wu-Tang: An American Saga” is exposing millions more to the role of spirituality in RZA’s life, career and role in Wu-Tang Clan.