Bishop Olmsted has delivered the fourth and final installment in his series of articles, over at The Catholic Sun, on the value of sacred music in worship, In the first three parts of this series we have explored the meaning of sacred music, the Church’s role in preserving and fostering it, and its role in [...]
Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix continues his wonderful series on sacred music with part three. Here is an excerpt, The distinction between religious music and liturgical music (cf. part one of this series) embodies this double movement: religious music is, we might say, the earthly expression of a given culture’s faith in Christ; liturgical music is [...]
Don Van Vliet, or Captain Beefheart, was a phenomenal musician. His style was a cross between free-form jazz and rock… kinda. From what I heard, he hung out with Frank Zappa while a senior at my high school alma mater, Antelope Valley High School here in Lancaster, CA. My P.E. teacher, Doc Smith, used to [...]
Hustle over to NPR if you’d like to hear Jeff Beck’s soon to be released album, Emotion and Commotion. It’s absolutely amazing… here’s a list of the tracks: “Corpus Christi Carol” “Hammerhead” “Never Alone” “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” “I Put A Spell On You” (featuring Joss Stone) “Serene” “Lilac Wine” (featuring Imelda May) “Nessun Dorma” [...]
