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September 2013

September 10, 2013

Restoration: bringing back a pipe organ in Brooklyn

Left, the Rev. Michael A. Perry, pastor of Our Lady of Refuge, sat at the...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

“Don’t you dare shake hands with me or offer signs of peace…”

A parishioner shared this with me, and it's priceless. A little ditty by Richard Stilgoe...

August 10, 2013

The last thing you’d expect to hear on “America’s Got Talent”

But it's just great. Did the audience have any idea what they were hearing? Just...

August 03, 2013

Meet the man who sang at Rio’s Eucharistic Adoration: “The arms of St. Peter’s are really big”

It was a mesmerizing and deeply moving moment during the pope's visit last week. But...

June 2013

June 12, 2013

“You Are a Freak. But I Mean That in a Good Way…”

A jaw-dropping, forehead-slapping performance from "America's Got Talent." Folks, this has to be seen to...

June 03, 2013

Grace Under Pressure: This Kid is My Hero

What do you do when your cymbal breaks during "The Star-Spangled Banner"? Watch and learn....

May 2013

May 28, 2013

“This Is My Story, This Is My Song”: A Hymn Becomes a Hit on Broadway

From this morning's New York Times: Not long after the curtain rises on the second...

May 14, 2013

Perfectly Frank: A fascinating video glimpse inside the studio as Sinatra records “It Was a Very Good Year”

The singing legend died 15 years ago today. Herewith, a great piece of television, from...

May 11, 2013

For Mother’s Day: “She’s my best friend…”

A New Jersey priest has written a song celebrating mothers, and now the video is...

May 08, 2013

Yawn: another rock video mocks the Catholic Church

Hasn't Madonna already done this to death? Details: Gary Oldman and Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Want beautiful sacred music? Don’t go to church. Head to the train station.

Proof, from the New York Times: On a recent Sunday afternoon, 17 people with sheet...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Kids in kilts: this is spectacular

Check out this grin-inducing drum line performance from a talent show two years ago at...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

“Back to church, we goin’ back to church!”

This was put together last year for "Back to Church Sunday," a Protestant outreach event...

January 17, 2013

Planning a wedding? Good luck topping this…

Last May, British singer-songwriter Tom Fletcher stood up at his wedding reception and sang a...

January 16, 2013

Heavenly and heartbreaking: Newtown kids singing “Over the Rainbow”

Kids from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown appeared on "Good Morning America" yesterday with...

January 12, 2013

One Take More…and another and another: Shooting “Les Mis” and seeing songs as prayers

Director Tom Hooper discusses the work that went into his interpretation of the musical, and...

January 04, 2013

Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” re-imagined for Christmas

We've all heard Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" sung in a variety of styles -- from the...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

A Christmas carol about mass murder?

Yes. It traditionally commemorates today's feast and has a tragic resonance right now: The "Coventry Carol"...

December 24, 2012

“Once in royal David’s city…”

Still and forever my favorite Christmas hymn. This serves as the processional for Midnight Mass...

December 23, 2012

All you “Les Miz” fans: the 12 Days of Christ-Miz

The cast of the London stage production gets in the spirit.

December 19, 2012

“When you’re worried, and you can’t sleep…”

...count your blessings, instead of sheep..." Herewith, one of my favorite songs for the holidays—which...

December 17, 2012

Is “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” anti-Semitic?

At the beginning of Advent, I quoted the first line of that timeless chant in...

December 16, 2012

“With the angels, let us sing…”—UPDATED

For those who missed it, here's the lovely, unexpectedly moving cold open to "Saturday Night...

December 09, 2012

“Landfill Harmonic”: making music from what others throw away

This video is beginning to make the rounds: a glimpse at how some are making...

December 07, 2012

You had me at “flash mob”

And clinched the deal with "Les Miserables." Tony Rossi has a winning video of a...

December 05, 2012

How Dave Brubeck made liturgy swing

I found this great piece by Bob Faw on Dave Brubeck, and it gives more...

December 05, 2012

Remembering jazz great Dave Brubeck, Catholic

The composer and musician died today: Dave Brubeck, a jazz musician who attained pop-star acclaim...

December 03, 2012

On “Les Miserables”: “This is me honoring that this pain lives in the world…”

My blog neighbor Tony Rossi has a terrific posting up today about the new movie...

December 02, 2012

The zinging nun: sister writes anthem against Vatican rebuke—UPDATED

Instead of spotlighting a group like, say, these sisters, (who just knocked "50 Shades of...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Organ donors needed: why many Catholic churches don’t have organists

Is organ music in church doomed to disappear? Details, from Catholic News Service: If music...