Cohen’s Hallelujah
by Katya SedgwickThe incongruity of Leonard Cohen's song “Hallelujah” with its source material creates a disconnect between its form and content. Continue Reading »
Reviews I Want to Read
by John WilsonTitles catch my eye, and I find myself hoping that some books I've read recently will draw the attention of a good reviewer or three Continue Reading »
Letters from Rome: #3
by George WeigelWhen the Church solemnly commits Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to the Lord at the funeral Mass today, the curtain will come down on one of the most important and fruitful eras in two millennia of Catholic intellectual life. Continue Reading »
Advent Tunes
by The EditorsHere are some Advent tunes that will delight the ears and enhance the soul's joyful anticipation of Christ's coming. Continue Reading »
The Legacy of Rich Mullins
by Bethel McGrewToday marks the 25th anniversary of his untimely death in a car accident. It was a shocking loss for the world of contemporary Christian music, a world with which the eccentric artist always had a love/hate relationship. Continue Reading »
A “Somewhere” Composer
by Richard BratbyIt’s about a quarter to ten at night on August 17, 2019, and I’m standing outside the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, smiling. It’s one of those Edinburgh Festival nights when the streets are still crowded but there’s already a foretaste of autumn in the air, a warning chill in the sea breezes that . . . . Continue Reading »
The Lost World of Jazz
by Peter TonguetteSeen today, Jazz on a Summer’s Day shimmers with its glimpses of a world in which people, for all their differences, shared so much. When was the last time so many people got together with such geniality and grace? Continue Reading »
Soli Deo Gloria
by Robert P. ImbelliThough I would not dare deviate from Bach’s Passions for Good Friday music listening, I cannot think of a more appropriate recording than Honeck’s “Larghetto for Orchestra” for Holy Saturday. Continue Reading »
Praying with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
by Robert P. ImbelliIn the Missa Solemnis, Beethoven’s titanic subjectivity seems chastened by suffering and transformed by his engagement with the graced objectivity of liturgical text and tradition. Continue Reading »
Sting in the Shadow of the Cross
by John DugganAs his latest album demonstrates, a subset of Sting’s songs reverberates with the legacy of an urban English Catholic childhood of the 1950s and ’60s. Continue Reading »
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