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This is Sister Janet Mead singing a song based on Psalm 63 with music by Arnold Strals from her album With You I Am. It’s almost a blues waltz, although her voice belies the style. It has a surprising off … Continue reading →

At least the first part of this version of the Agnes Dei from Sister Janet Mead’s, With You I Am, is conceivably usable in a mass. The second part in a “calypso rock” style isn’t a suitable litany and would … Continue reading →

This is an adaptation of Psalms 15 and 8 with music by Theo Van Der Sman that is on Sister Janet Mead’s album, With You I Am. This is back in folk mode. She certainly was eclectic in her choice … Continue reading →

This was the title track of Sister Janet Mead’s album of the same name. The sheet music is out of print. This is a sung prayer based on Psalm 73 and is early 70s soft rock. It has an odd … Continue reading →

If you ever thought that what you really needed was a jazz/blues rendition of the Ten Commandments in a Peggy Lee style, then Sister Janet Mead was way ahead of you in the seventies, and included it on her With … Continue reading →

I have blogged this before but I will repeat myself for context purposes. “The Lord’s Prayer” is the hit off Sister Janet Mead‘s album, With You I Am, with music by Arnold Strals. This was meant to be a B … Continue reading →

Sister Janet Mead is in “Seekers” mode again with this Ursula Hicks penned song from her With You I Am album. It is more what you would expect from a nun in the 1970s, but the other songs suggest she … Continue reading →

This is another Arnold Strals song from Sister Janet Mead’s album, With You I Am. The words are based on Psalm 31. It appears all the texts are either parts of the Mass or Psalms. It is in a blues … Continue reading →

It is a pity the sheet music album, With You I Am, that accompanies the record by Sister Janet Mead is out of print. It’s ambitious to say the least. She wrote the music herself for this setting of the … Continue reading →

I’m looking at Sister Janet Mead’s album, With You I Am. She used five songwriters on this record and Arnold Strals wrote five of them including this song and the hit version of “The Lord’s Prayer”. He was active in … Continue reading →