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A singer at our church faced with weeks with an absence of musicians, has occasionally used the MyMIDI program and MIDI files to lead the singing at mass. She tells me it is much better if someone else presses the … Continue reading →

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 →