vol. 11, num. 11 :: 2012.05.25 — 2012.06.07
Like music over the opening credits, a song can set the tone for an experience or trigger a latent memory. Sometimes manufactured and sometimes by chance, songs come alongside our stories like old friends, or perhaps like uneasy acquaintances. On the songs that make us feel something.
Listening to Future of Forestry with C.S. Lewis and John Donne.
How a song became a partner in a changed perspective on life.
A song for the soundtrack of good times and bad.
A song to carry through times of crisis.
On music that helps us remember in the midst of job loss.
On the sounds of moving from sleeping to waking.
Remembering and transforming a lonely time through music.
How one musician’s work became the soundtrack to several decades of a life.
A documentary provides an account of the role of music for black South Africans during the era of apartheid.
A composer and a conductor collaborate in the creation of music that moves.
A fascination with Sacred Harp singing is more than just a cultural curiosity.
An hour-long radio show examining music, from Schoolhouse Rock to the Afghan Elvis.
A classic from TAL featuring Starlee Kine and Phil Collins on writing the perfect break-up song.
Cameron Dezon Hammon remembers mom and dad’s date night.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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