Yeezus Follows Jesus
by Nic RowanJesus Is King, released on Friday, is Kanye West's first explicitly Christian album, calling into question his role as the nation’s resident “jackass.” Continue Reading »
Jesus Is King, released on Friday, is Kanye West's first explicitly Christian album, calling into question his role as the nation’s resident “jackass.” Continue Reading »
The movie Yesterday imagines a world without The Beatles. Continue Reading »
Denunciations of West show how brittle the nostalgic orthodoxy of black leadership has now become. Continue Reading »
A recommendation for the folk duo Lowland Hum. Continue Reading »
Bowie was a canary in the coal mine of post-1960s culture, plumbing its depths and soaring above almost everyone else. Continue Reading »
Perhaps the new evangelization begins with such small gestures as the ringing of church bells. Continue Reading »
The band U2 has announced it supports the pro-abortion side in Ireland’s upcoming referendum on abortion. Continue Reading »
After nearly four years of performing, The Hillbilly Thomists have released their first album, and it is a veritable feast of Bluegrass banjo bliss. Continue Reading »
The Psalms Experience—twelve concerts by some of the world's great choirs, performing a capella settings of all 150 psalms—was recently featured in Manhattan. Continue Reading »
I became aware of the clash between Harnoncourt and Richter, right around the time when my own musical taste became more mature and critical, at age fifteen or sixteen. I was a Richterian; Harnoncourt struck me as harsh and uncouth. Continue Reading »