Revelations on the cycle of life & death, and spirit ~ Blaise Smith Band

Vasnetsov ~ The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

I downloaded this song, Revelations, over a year ago. I can’t recall playing it since, though iTunes insists it’s been played 7 times before. Yesterday it came on while on my way to my chiropractor’s. Something about it haunted me. I wonder if I’d ever listened to the lyrics before. […]

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Teach Your Children Well ~ A Manifesto

Crosby Stills Nash and Young ~ Teach Your Children Well ~ Deja Vu.jpg

A friend of mine teaches music from her home and said this about how she takes on the task: “I teach with all I have. It’s a promise I made to the little girl I used to be… that the children who come to my door would be protected, guided, […]

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Annie’s Song ~ Notes on observing the sacraments of a sacred life

John Denver ~ Annie's Song

John Denver was a gentle, loving soul of considerable talent and purpose. He sang with heartfelt clarity and graceful gravity, qualities his music often reflected. Annie’s Song is ostensibly a love song, John Denver singing a poetic list of metaphors for how grand the experience of loving a woman is, […]

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Ingrid Karklins: A Passion to Race the Sky

Ingrid Karklins ~ Race the Sky

A trip across Australia with Midnight Oil and Yothu Yindi in a Holden Gemini leads to passionate encounters with love and the extraordinary passion and beauty of Ingrid Karklins' music.

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