Classical Music Is For Everyone

by George Leef

The great composers knew how to build with sound, from the simplest tunes to works fit for cathedrals. Tune in and I think you’ll see what I mean. Continue Reading »

18 Aug 2023

Music in the Death Camps

by Peter J. Leithart

Does music weaken us? Does it enslave us? Were music and death companions from the very beginning? Continue Reading »

28 Apr 2023

St. Patrick’s Day Tunes

by The Editors

We are pleased to offer you a smattering of Irish tunes for the feast of St. Patrick.  Continue Reading »

16 Mar 2023

Cohen’s Hallelujah

by Katya Sedgwick

The incongruity of Leonard Cohen's song “Hallelujah” with its source material creates a disconnect between its form and content. Continue Reading »

13 Mar 2023

Reviews I Want to Read

by John Wilson

Titles 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 »

27 Jan 2023

Letters from Rome: #3

by George Weigel

When 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 »

5 Jan 2023

Advent Tunes

by The Editors

Here are some Advent tunes that will delight the ears and enhance the soul's joyful anticipation of Christ's coming. Continue Reading »

6 Dec 2022

The Legacy of Rich Mullins

by Bethel McGrew

Today 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 »

19 Sep 2022

A “Somewhere” Composer

by Richard Bratby

It’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 »

1 Aug 2022

The Lost World of Jazz

by Peter Tonguette

Seen 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 »

15 Jul 2022