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Monthly Archives: April 2011
New Song Friday – a day late.
So yesterday was a rather exciting day. Seemingly all over the western world, people only had one thing to talk about: headwear. Specifically, the headwear worn by attendees of the royal wedding. I’ll leave it to much more qualified people … Continue reading
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Tagged Exemplars, New Song Friday, Otis Redding, You Don't Miss Your Water
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New Song (Good) Friday
It seems a little too sunny here in London for a Good Friday – hard to mourn in this brilliance. But perhaps that too is a grace of God reminding us that this is not the last chapter of the … Continue reading
Posted in blues, Music, Theology
Tagged Blind Willie Johnson, Dark Was The Night, Good Friday, Kronos Quartet, Marc Ribot, Mary Price
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New Song Friday
Hello friends. Choosing the song for this week was a difficult decision for a number of reasons. Firstly, I’ve been listening to a fair amount of really chaotic jazz by Nels Cline Singers and Tony Malaby. Both are stunningly good … Continue reading
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New Song Friday
Hi all. I hope you realize that when I say “new” song Friday I most likely mean “new to you” song Friday. It’s often not new music but may be entirely unfamiliar to many of you. Today, however, is actually … Continue reading
Lament and the Blues
I’ve been thinking about lament a lot in the last few weeks partly because we are in the season of Lent, and partly because I recently led a discussion on the subject with a number of other music ministers from … Continue reading
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New Song Friday
No fooling around with this one (see what I did there?). This is John Legend and the Roots doing a cover of an Arcade Fire song. Powerful, infectious, anthemic – all reasons to love both versions! Wake Up Please feel … Continue reading
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