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September 17, 2018

Paul Simon, Farewell Tour

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Lyrics & Music 14 September 2018,  Capital One Arena,  Paul Simon concert,  Paul Simon Farewell Tour,  setlist

August 10, 2017

Thoughts on Longevity

Doug and I had already made plans for our anniversary, but then I saw that Gordon Lightfoot was playing an intimate concert on our actual wedding date. Could we pass up that opportunity? In my memoir I recount how Doug and I sang "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as we paddled about on Lake … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Longevity

Gordon Lightfoot,  Lyrics & Music,  Marriage & Vocation Birchmere,  longevity in making music,  longevity in marriage,  setlist Lightfoot Birchmere 2017,  The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

April 13, 2014

The National: Rocking Out at Calvin

Last night, the ending of the Festival of Faith & Writing coincided with a concert by The National at the Van Noord Arena. I was surprised. When I attended Calvin there was no dancing allowed on campus. During the late 1970s students gathered in darkened dorm basements at covert "parties with … [Read more...] about The National: Rocking Out at Calvin

Lyrics & Music Festival of Faith & Writing,  music,  The National,  U2

July 26, 2013

“We Love the Work” Gordon Lightfoot on Creativity

What if it works this way: We write the lyrics of our life when we're young and spend our days and years living into them. I attended a Gordon Lightfoot concert last night at Wolf Trap, as part of his Fifty Years on the Carefree Highway Tour. It's easy to see that even after 50 years, Gordon is … [Read more...] about “We Love the Work” Gordon Lightfoot on Creativity

Gordon Lightfoot,  Lyrics & Music Evensong,  Fifty Years on the Carefree Highway Tour,  setlist Lightfoot Wolftrap 2013

August 8, 2011

Hymns, Heat & Heaven — Can Women Be Ordained?

Step back in time with me, won't you? Imagine a church constructed of logs, filled to the brim with 250 people singing hymns without accompaniment. The majority of those people are Old Order Mennonite, dressed in their Sunday go-to-meeting clothes. Balconies on either side of the meetinghouse burst … [Read more...] about Hymns, Heat & Heaven — Can Women Be Ordained?

Lyrics & Music,  Ordained as a Clergywoman Hamburg VA,  Harmonia Sacra Sing,  Old Order Mennonites,  singing in a log cabin

July 16, 2011

U2 Concert

I acted like a groupie at a U2 concert and had a blast. I wrote more about the experience (here). Here's the set list including the opening act, Florence and the Machine: … [Read more...] about U2 Concert

Lyrics & Music,  U2 22 June 2011,  Baltimore,  U2 concert

May 2, 2010

From the Sideline of a Community of Faith

Yesterday I sat on the sidelines of a particular community of faith. My husband and I attended a Shape Note Sing, which we do twice a year or so. (In that way I'm comparable to a Christmas/Easter Christian.) Shape Note singing (also called Sacred Harp singing) is unaccompanied, four-part singing, … [Read more...] about From the Sideline of a Community of Faith

Lyrics & Music compline,  Fa-So-La,  Holy Cross Abbey,  Sacred Harp singing,  Shape Note Sing

April 11, 2010

12 Things I Enjoy About Sacred Harp Singing

The wooden room resounded with sound as a half-hundred people stomped their feet and industriously pumped their arms to accompany their singing. We sang from "The Sacred Harp," a hymnal first published in 1844, with lyrics pining for the Promised Land and glory beyond. Back then, church singing … [Read more...] about 12 Things I Enjoy About Sacred Harp Singing

Lyrics & Music Civil War era,  Fa-So-La,  learning to sing when you can't read,  Sacred Harp singing,  Shape Note singing,  singing a cappella

September 30, 2009

U2: Holding Onto Love

One of the many reasons I love U2 is the way they keep reinventing themselves. It's not easy for artists to keep moving forward creatively, especially in a collaborative way. If it were easy, more people would manage it, right? This band makes me believe in synergy. Their vision is responsive, … [Read more...] about U2: Holding Onto Love

Lyrics & Music,  U2 holding onto love,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  U2 lyrics

January 2, 2008

Singing Harmonia Sacra to Greet the New Year

I spent New Year's Night singing hymns in a church, unaccompanied, with 300 or so other people. ?The crowd was diverse in age, but entirely white in skin color. Everyone was dressed very nicely in what I called "church clothes" growing up. I've sung with Old Order Mennonites before, it's a memorable … [Read more...] about Singing Harmonia Sacra to Greet the New Year

Lyrics & Music,  New Years a New Year hymn sing,  singing Harmonia Sacra unaccompanied with Mennonites

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