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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 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...

December 2013

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 09, 2013

A “Tango Mass”?

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

October 2013

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 26, 2013

Awesome: listen to this one-man choir

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

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...

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...

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...

January 2013

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...

December 2012

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 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 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 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...

November 24, 2012

“We are going to see the king…”

Soon and very soon. Like tomorrow, in fact. As a little warmup to tomorrow's feast,...

November 23, 2012

What’s turning off young Catholics? Lousy music

So says a leading lay Catholic in Scotland. Details: A leading Scots lay Catholic has...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

“Within our darkest nights, you kindle a fire that never dies away…”

A priest friend who works at a college on Long Island posted this on his...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

“Yes to You”: priest raps a poem about same sex attraction

And now for something completely different. Below is the latest effort at outreach by Courage,...

September 26, 2012

RIP, Andy Williams

The legendary crooner is gone: Andy Williams, the silky-voiced, clean-cut crooner, whose hit recording "Moon...

September 16, 2012

“Call Me Maybe” as you’ve never heard it before. Really.

The ubiquitous song by Carly Rae Jepsen that defined the summer is here redefined in...

August 2012

August 12, 2012

“Would you sing something different?”

The Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line" was on Ovation tonight, and the scene below...

July 2012

July 12, 2012

The (abridged) history of Western Music, told through “It’s A Wonderful World”

Here's a fun little palate-cleanser for you, from the fiendishly clever folks at CDZA:

June 2012

June 15, 2012

“Bohemian Rhapsody” as you’ve never heard it before

Played, I swear, on a ukelele -- "the underdog of all instruments." Forget Tiny Tim...

June 02, 2012

“Holy, Holy, Holy…”

For Trinity Sunday: a traditional Trinitarian hymn, beautifully sung by the King's College Choir. Footnote:...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

When Jacob met Tyler: making beautiful music together

From the YouTube description: Our eight-year-old blind-autistic son Jacob enjoying some fine acoustic guitar by...

May 05, 2012

Just when you think you can’t take another “flash mob,” along comes something wonderful

Surely, the classiest and most elegant flash mob ever. A thing of surprising joy and...

May 01, 2012

Make a joyful noise!

I got an email the other day alerting me to a music institute happening on...