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This apparently well known song was new to me when it was suggested at a meeting about music for Lent. I found sheet music, which attributes this song to Mary Kirkbride and Marylou Locke, but hymnary adds Peter West to … Continue reading →

Speaking of copyright disasters (see yesterday), Gio has been fossicking in the bowels of his church and found many treasures from long ago, including a hymn book called Festive People. He has scanned it for us. In amongst songs of … Continue reading →

I asked our lovely parish priest if he had any songs he liked for Lent and said to look up a song called “Coming Home”. He has also mentioned a source called With Joyful Lips, so I looked there and, … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged this song by Gen Bryant, here, and we are using it as a recessional despite being a less than youthful assembly. I purchased the download of the sheet music collection some time ago from Willow, but was … Continue reading →

This song by Danielle Rose turned up in a liturgy posted by Gio and it is not one I have come across before. This is a little bit country and is from her album, I Thirst. It was a WLP … Continue reading →

I’m wondering why so little of this collection is in circulation these days. Nineteen Seventy-eight was pretty late for the folk mass era and a lot of these somgs aren’t really folk anyway. I also suspect WLP was pretty small … Continue reading →

I’m nearing the end of A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal from 1978. This version of Psalm 47 is by Angel Tucciarone and is a joy filled, singable psalm. It is also very out of print.

Getting back to the collection of out of print songs from A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal … There’s a lot to like in Angel Tucciarone’s take of the psalm for Christmas. With all the variations of psalm texts since … Continue reading →

Just when I think history has erased everything from A Hundredfold: A Contemporary Folk Hymnal, another tunes arises phoenix like at GIA. This Neil Blunt psalm for Penetecost is not out of print. The antiphon should be fine, although doubtless … Continue reading →

This is a Seasonal Psalm for the Advent season by Neil Blunt based on Psalm 85. The verses are several iterations from what is used now, soon, whenever, wherever – depending on where you are in the Anglosphere and time … Continue reading →