Monthly Archives: April 2012

A traditionally styled hymn, but written in the 80s, with words by Anthony Kelly and music by Christopher Willcock. Listen to the sample at AOV to get the idea. This was the official hymn for the visit of Pope John … Continue reading →

A song for the prayer of the faithful from Nicaragua arranged and with English words by John Bell of the Wild Goose Resource Group. You can here an excerpt in Spanish at AOV.  1. For the world and all its … Continue reading →

This is a song I hadn’t heard of until a request for a backing came in today. What is truly remarkable is that Band in a Box figured the chords out and knowing that makes it fairly easy to pick … Continue reading →

We are in a run of social justice songs in the second volume of As One Voice. This is by Sydney Carter. The sample at AOV lets you know the folk styling required and also the freedom with phrasing that … Continue reading →

I’ve had a request for a backing for this Lamb of God. We used to use this Mass but I don’t think it has been updated.  The Lamb of God doesn’t change though and this is a backing I made … Continue reading →

This is another text by Shirley Erena Murray set to an older piece of music, this time by John Hughes. The sample at AOV demonstrates the traditional sounding tune with a radical message. Use it if you can’t sing “Who … Continue reading →

This is another recent text used on an older tune. Sr Miriam Therese Winter wrote the words and the tune is by Frederick C. Maker. It is supposed to sound like the sample at AOV. You can read a bio … Continue reading →

Frenzy Cool must have a big event coming up, because she’s looking for another backing, this time for this old chestnut. It was a hit for Red Foley in 1950 and was recorded several more times in America. Frenzy Cool … Continue reading →

This is another newish text, this time by Shirley Erena Murray, to an old tune by David Gregof Corner (seventeenth century). A sample can be heard at AOV. At Hope publications they have four settings, including this one, of this … Continue reading →

More traditional hymnody, this time a seventeenth century text by Joachim Neander, translated about two hundred years later by Catherine Winkworth, to an old German tune. You will realise you know this one when you hear the sample at AOV. … Continue reading →