A journey comes full circle…or does it?
A review of the album Throwing Punches in the Dark by Matthew Perryman Jones
On the mellifluous melancholy musical musings of Ray Lamontagne and The Wood Brothers.
A reflection on the memories and art that recall sunny days and summer breezes.
A history of 20th century music and films about the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl and what went wrong with the occupation of Iraq.
A list of experiences to savor after fifty.
A vigilant mother wonders at her progeny.
The Bored-Again Christian podcast is saving Christian music and Steve Reich’s looping is influencing generations of musicians.
From the life and influence of Bob Dylan chronicled in I’m Not There to Mike Judge’s take on the future of the U.S. in Idiocracy.
Jim Wallis spreads the good news and the Conchords mock-rock NYC.
Collage in the music of Liz Janes, the dissolution of racial prejudice in Monster’s Ball and cultural awareness in The Story of the Weeping Camel.
Can a concert be more healing than a visit to the doctor?
An interview with Peter Hicks of the band Aradhna.
Cinematic explorations of the effects of World War II and the power of music.
A 1968 film about an English boarding school rebel may send you looking for African folk music.
A review of Martin Scorcese’s Shine A Light, a concert film featuring the Rolling Stones.
An exploration of the ideas underlying our starry-eyed obsessions.
An interview about language and culture with a partner in critical blogging.
Two documentaries, one about soldiers returning from Iraq and one about the history of jazz.
A suggestion from the margins of Christian college culture.
Lessons from tough times, in no particular order of importance.
An analysis of pop culture artifacts to expose myths about true love.
Encountering the wonderfully incomprehensible mystery of music.
What happens when we open ourselves up to meeting songs with a posture of hospitality?
Confessions of a music lover who can't get enough of the enigmatic singer songwriter's juxtapositions.
On the capacity of song to embody our memories.
A reflection on the songs that we let in, and the songs that we shut out.
On the adman's use of music, for better or worse, to manipulate.
A written tour of an imaginary musical.
It wouldn't be the first time grace was entered the world as a newborn baby...