In “Springsteen on Broadway,” song, story and storyteller merge.
Music
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Want to compose new music for Mass? Learn from David Haas’s story.
David Haas gathers 132 songs from among his most widely known pieces, like “Blest Are They,” “We Are Called,” “Now We Remain” and “You Are Mine,” and others not as familiar.
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What Childish Gambino and Flannery O’Connor have in common
Gambino’s new video for ‘This is America’ is an experience of radical interruption, one that O’Connor would have appreciated.
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David Bowie: Rock’s enigmatic shape-shifter
A blockbuster exhibition profiles one of the 20th century’s great bridge figures.
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The Enduring Catholic Imagination of Bruce Springsteen
Andrew Greeley didn’t know how right he was about the Boss.
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What four new books on Bob Dylan can teach us
Six decades after he emerged as a star, Bob Dylan still attracts the attention of scholars and fans alike.
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What’s the buzz? A live version of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ on Easter
The show stars popular singers John Legend as Jesus and Sara Bareilles, who was raised Catholic, as Mary Magdalene, and features 1970s rock figure Alice Cooper as Herod.
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Conducting a liturgical whirlwind at the Religious Education Congress
Composer John Flaherty has been overseeing renewal and experimentation at the R.E.C.’s worship services for almost three decades.
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The humanity and artistry of Itzhak Perlman
“Praying with the violin” is how an old friend describes the art of the classical music star.
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A brief history of Gregorian chant
The tradition of sung prayer dates back to the first millennium.