Mother Banjo

Listen to someone familiar here. (The address was in the newspaper.)

Is there a way to have her do music for some Sunday morning services?!

Oboe, Piano, Taize, Hymns

I really liked Beth's oboe music in church today. I'd like to hear more of it. Maybe she could be asked to solo sometimes.

I liked the piano music during communion. It was contemplative which seems good to me in that time.

During the sermon when Aron sang (I think a Taize song, that I knew & that was one simple repeated line.) I sort of wished he'd keep singing it and we could all sing along.

I liked singing a couple of the hymns that were old familiar ones I've known for years & made positive associations with long ago. Some of the words I liked, some I wasn't so sure about & some I want to go back & think about some more. But regardless they rang a bell that I liked.

Music I Love

Two rather different examples of music that inclines me to external stillness and internal reflection of a meditative nature.

• The Irish Brigade's tunes. (Play the reels on this site.) The tunes are wonderful in themselves and juxtaposed with war ballads and other songs with lyrics, those songs just become all the more powerful. Check the schedule at The Half Time Rec for a chance to hear the live version.
• Busy organ music. If the postlude at church isn't enough, try listening to Pipe Dreams.

My tastes run much wider than this, but these have recently been in my ear and on my mind.