This is one of those posts that is sure to cause disagreement, because of the very nature of lists, and the very nature of film. What appeals to one person […]
I have an eclectic taste in music, and I don’t listen to the radio. I enjoy music based on what I discover through experiences, through recommendations from friends, through browsing […]
Every year, I search for a great new Christmas album to add to my collection. With more than 11,150 Christmas songs in my collection since I began in 1987, I’ve […]
From one of my favorite composers, a beautiful, truthful lyric on marriage that never fails to move me every time I hear it. Someone to hold you too close. Someone […]
Most people I know today would be surprised to discover that while in college I was part of a very traditional, “high church” style choir called the Biola Chorale. For […]
If you were to try and name America’s greatest composer, you could name some amazing individuals. Leonard Bernstein. Aaron Copland. Charles Ives. But as great as these composers are, none […]
You probably haven’t heard of Mindy Gledhill. And if you expect to hear her in the usual mix of stuff they play on the “Christmas Music Stations,” you just won’t. […]
One of the greatest finds I’ve ever made in Christmas music was something I would never have suspected. The album cover is not much to speak of, and the artists […]
This is one of the greatest songs of the last 40 years. It was written in 1984 by singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, and his rendition is sad, dirge-like, and very melancholy, […]
