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July 2012

July 12, 2012

God and Country Music: An Introduction to Country Music & Five-Dollar Albums

For the non-Country fan, it would be helpful to know a few basic things about...

July 12, 2012

Grace Notes: Music To Help You Survive The Summer

Four albums that will help you make it through this oppressively hot summer.

July 11, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Is Cornerstone's Last Year the End of an Era?

"We have been called into a new mission field as artists, critics, and music-lovers: the...

July 04, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Songs from the Whirlwind

"Rhythm and Repose is a good go-to album for wretched times since it admits things...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Grace Notes: Mono, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Damien Jurado

Japan's Mono brings the post-apocalyptic noise; Brother Sun, Sister Moon wraps you in nostalgia; and...

June 27, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: The Welcome Wagon's Precious Remedies of Healing and Reconciliation

"They aren't afraid of making music that exists entirely outside the context of Sunday mornings—even...

June 26, 2012

God and Country Music: Why White Kids Are Eating Up Hip-Hop and Country Music

"My hope is for the American church to look deep into their traditions and subsequently...

June 20, 2012

God and Country Music: How Robert Johnson Changed American Culture Forever

"We can’t undo the affects of the Culture Wars, but by giving an ear to...

June 20, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: The Mars Hill Record Label and the Great Revolving Door

Let's not be too quick to toss out Mars Hill Music because of a certain...

June 15, 2012

Sacred Space: Mars Hill Church as Music Patron?

"It is easy to figure out what to do if the venture is a failure....

June 14, 2012

Grace Notes: Paul Buchanan and The Blue Nile

The Blue Nile have developed a loyal following precisely because they are as un-rock n'...

June 13, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Is Justin Bieber 'Safe' for Children?

"Perhaps the reason why these people can't agree on music that is appropriate for the...

June 12, 2012

God and Country Music: The Gentrification of Country Music?

"We should not be shocked or put off by a crowd that doesn’t look much...

June 06, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: John Mayer and the Weight of Celebrity

"There's a calmer and more controlled feel to Born and Raised."

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Grace Notes: M83, Infinity Shred

M83's super-powered kids reunite, Infinity Shred ventures into deep space.

May 30, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: mewithoutYou and Why We Should Tell More Stories

"Maybe we need to start telling more stories."

May 29, 2012

God and Country Music: Jim White: Searching For the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

"As the film progresses it becomes clear that the hinge of this thing called the...

May 24, 2012

Grace Notes: 8-bit Radiohead, Cam Butler, Richard Hawley

Radiohead gets chiptuned, Cam Butler crafts soundtracks for mental movies, and Richard Hawley gets unabashedly...

May 22, 2012

God and Country Music: The Anatomy of a Country Song

"There are many high profile musicians bastardizing the rich tradition and form of country music...

May 17, 2012

Grace Notes: My Bloody Valentine

"Few bands can claim to have altered the musical landscape, much less charted out an...

May 16, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Beach House and the Myth of Memory

"Bloom encourages us to dig deeper into our memories and even find a sunny place...

May 15, 2012

God and Country Music: "I Like Johnny Cash, but I don't like Country Music"

"... before you write off country music or Christianity, consider the context and be assured...

May 10, 2012

Grace Notes: The Beastie Boys

The death of Adam "MCA" Yauch represents the end of an era in hip-hop and...

May 09, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Father John Misty and the Myths He's Written

"Sometimes I wonder if we don't hear enough about the struggles of seeing those beliefs...

May 08, 2012

God and Country Music: Drive-By Truckers and Narrative Identification

"Maybe Christians need to take a page from the Drive-By Truckers and stop giving advice...

May 02, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: The Followers, Josh White, and Musical Division in the Church

"Ultimately it's unclear what purpose Wounded Healer was made for. It's tongue-in-cheek tone seems too...

May 01, 2012

God and Country Music: "Contemporary Christian Country Music"?

" . . . the Phariscetical tone to a lot of Country radio’s “God-talk” is...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Grace Notes (Bandcamp Edition): Chalk Dinosaur, Lowtide, Garbage Man

"For this edition of 'Grace Notes', I'm going to focus on a few gems that,...

April 25, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Does Tupac's Hologram Honor the Past?

"Is this the beginning of a creepy new trend to keep celebrities alive for as...

April 24, 2012

God and Country Music: In Memory of Levon Helm

"I am in awe of the refinement that Helm’s suffering created in his music over...

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