Christian rapper Sho Baraka makes his faith a part of his art, but he doesn’t proselytize.
Music
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Harry Connick, Jr. on daytime television, his Catholic conversion & life at a Jesuit high school
Sean Salai, S.J., interviews Harry Connick, Jr. about the intersection of his faith and show business.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Stephen Sondheim: a great artist whose work blossoms in simple settings
A good Sondheim show has the sinewy strength, both musically and dramatically, to thrive in the barest of renderings.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
What’s behind hip-hop’s religious revival?
Kanye West and Chance the Rapper are singing about Jesus on network television. What’s going on?
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
The Vague Christianity of Folk Rock
Mumford and Sons, The Head and the Heart, Hozier and other artists use Christian language in their secular songs. Should Christians care?
Posted inArts & Culture, Video
America Interviews | J.J. Wright, liturgical composer
Up and coming composer J.J. Wright talks with James Martin, S.J., about his new Christmas album and the future of Catholic sacred music.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
Putting a ‘sacramental imagination into folk music’
Singer and songwriter Alanna Boudreau discusses how Catholicism influences her music.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
The Broadway musical has been born again. Will movie musicals be far behind?
Is the form that defined mid-century American songcraft condemned to sputter along on the fumes of jukebox musicals and high-gloss family fare?
Posted inArts & Culture
Bruce Springsteen experienced mental health issues. That should enrich your appreciation of him.
News that Springsteen has experienced mental health issues should not disappoint fans, but enrich how they understand a musical legend.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
With the release of ‘Secret Path,’ the front man of Canada’s favorite band confronts the nation’s past.
With the release of “Secret Path,” the front man of Canada’s favorite band confronts the nation’s past.