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Still Getting LOST
This past weekend, composer Michael Giacchino gathered an orchestra and played some of the great music that made up the soundtrack for LOST. The “We Have to Go Back” concerts covered two nights and six seasons of television. Here’s a … Continue reading
Nineteen
Today marked nineteen years since the death of Rich Mullins. I am grateful to the high school friends who introduced me to his music and for the musicians who have kept his legacy of honest and contextual songwriting alive. Just … Continue reading
End of Summer Song
I suppose summer ends in different ways for different people. The start of a new school years. Labor Day. A certain feel to the season of movies. The return of network television after a summer of reruns (or reality television, … Continue reading
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All We Ever Do
It seems like “All We Ever Knew” by The Head and the Heart comes on every time I turn on the radio. And while the song isn’t as coherent as I would like, it simple line of “all we ever … Continue reading
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A Jingle of Loose Change
From earlier this year, when Peterson was in Hawaii. Can’t believe I hadn’t already posted this, as it’s a good clip of a great song.
Reminders of the Sacred Journey
It was the music of Wes King that led me to the books of Frederick Buechner. King’s “Magnificent Defeat” was inspired by a Buechner sermon of the same name. I remember in college reading through Buechner’s sermons and early biographical … Continue reading
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When the Town Doesn’t Hit Back (My Brave Face)
Some time ago, one of my favorite musicians “kickstarted” a multi-ep project. If the campaign went beyond budget expectations, Andrew Osenga promised an ep of covers voted on by his supporters. That ep “dropped” this week and included a song … Continue reading
Ricky Baker in Middle Earth
One of the cinematic highlights in the summer of 2016 has been Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Directed by Taika Waititi (of What We Do in the Shadows), Wilderpeople follows the adventures of a kid rejected by society making his way … Continue reading
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Rainfall in Sweden
Andrew Peterson has been traveling through Europe and singing as he goes. Here’s a clip of him singing “The Rain Keeps Falling Down” live at the Gullbranna Festival in Sweden. It includes some great background vocals from his daughter and … Continue reading
Deep Enough to Dream
The summer is almost over for me. I don’t make it through a summer without thinking about the music of 1997: the self-titled studio release from Caedmon’s Call, the greatest hits album of Steven Curtis Chapman (which included “Not Home … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 