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March 2014

March 11, 2014

This is why college theater majors should never marry each other

Because it leads to things like this: lip-sync performances from "Frozen" on family trips. Dude,...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Katy Perry video edited after Muslims charge blasphemy

Details from the BBC: The video for Katy Perry's track Dark Horse has been edited...

February 27, 2014

Practicing “The Exsultet”? Try this.—UPDATED

Every year around this time, choir lofts and living rooms around the world echo with...

February 18, 2014

The singing nuns: sisters release followup to their blockbuster album

Will wonders never cease? Details from the AP: Eight times a day, a group of...

February 14, 2014

Wow: an Africanized “Let It Go” performed with children’s choir

This rendition of the award-winning song from "Frozen" is pretty fantastic—and not just because the...

February 13, 2014

Ready for summer? Here.

A favorite moment from my favorite movie this winter. If you don't want to, um,...

February 03, 2014

Pete Seeger on a park bench, chatting with a Catholic reporter

Hearing about Pete Seeger's death, those shrewd detectives over at CNS went ferreting through their...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

RIP, Pete Seeger

The legendary troubadour, pacifist, folk icon and composer has died at 94. He left a...

January 21, 2014

Best flash mob ever?

Well, this gets my vote. And on a cold, icy miserable day here in New...

January 18, 2014

A familiar song, as you’ve never heard it before

You'll recognize this tune a few notes into the first verse—but I don't think you've...

January 17, 2014

“Do you know where I can get a CD of the new Exsultet?”

A deacon dropped me a note this morning with that question. I haven't been able...

January 01, 2014

Deacon, if you have nothing better to do between now and Sunday…

Start practicing: Music and dates are here. Details: While a day like Christmas is...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

A classic: “12 Days of Christmas” by Straight No Chaser

After the version by The Muppets (with John Denver), this remains my favorite. Enjoy.

December 24, 2013

Christmas blessings to be counted…

One of those blessings remains this classic moment from "White Christmas." It's one of my...

December 19, 2013

Students perform “Silent Night”—but without religious references

It happened on Long Island last week. Unreal: A Kings Park parent is not keeping...

December 06, 2013

Flash mob, you had me at “Jesu”

I'm shamelessly stealing this from The Anchoress, who is right: I'm a sucker for this...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

Deck the halls—and just see what four guys can do on one piano

These guys are apparently quite the sensation on the interwebs, but they're new to me:...

November 21, 2013

“Too much Catholic church music caters to old hippies…”

From England comes this commentary, with one composer's reflection on the problem and a solution......

November 16, 2013

L’chaim! A wedding video like no other…

This video is a couple years old, but it popped up on my Facebook feed...

November 09, 2013

A “Tango Mass”?

Yes, there is such a thing. An Argentine composer introduced it a number of years...

November 07, 2013

Rutgers offering class on Springsteen’s religious lyrics

Hey, why not? Details: Rutgers University freshmen are getting a dose of Bruce Springsteen-style religion...

November 05, 2013

The Gospel According to Britney: “Spears” musical retells the story of Christ

From the Christian Post: A preview of a successfully crowd-funded musical that sets the story of Jesus'...

November 01, 2013

“For all the saints, who from their labors rest…”

A classic hymn that we hear every November 1. Crank up the volume—and remember to...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Muzzled: New Jersey school district bans religious songs at holiday concerts

Details: Students won’t be allowed to sing religious holiday songs at winter concerts in a...

October 27, 2013

Benedictus

How about a little grace for a Sunday evening? This was "choir Sunday" at my...

October 09, 2013

“Odds are that we will probably be all right…”

Or so sing the boys from Barenaked Ladies—probably best-known as the group behind the theme...

October 06, 2013

Radio stations begin playing 24/7 Christmas music…NOW?!

This makes my head hurt: For the past several years, Central New Yorkers have come...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

“Take Our Bread”? No, “Bless the Lord”

Picking up where she left off last week, Mary DeTurris Poust offered some thoughts this...

September 27, 2013

Must-see video: Renee Fleming sings Letterman’s Top 10 List

An instant classic. And she even mentions the pope. You have to see this for yourself....

September 26, 2013

Awesome: listen to this one-man choir

Behold: singer Sam Robson who, in multiple takes, created this stunningly beautiful a capella rendition...