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The burden of the present: as racial tensions rise in South Africa, music has become the site of a nation's struggle for cultural and ethnic identity -
A frikaner men are not supposed to cry, especially not public. But it was during the evocative "Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika" part of South Africa's double-barrelled ......(Continue Reading) Onward, Christian praise teams - Reinventing The Choir - Brief Article
I'VE SEEN A LOT of religious improvements come and go. I remember the "last day" emphasis in teen camp sermons. I was around for the concept of "sancta-nasium," ......(Continue Reading)Home is where the music is
When my twin daughters were in the first grade I would escort them every other Wednesday to their Brownie meetings at the new local elementary school....(Continue Reading)Chalice Praise
Chalice Praise. Edited by David P. Polk. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2003. Full Music Edition: 448 pages. Pew Edition: 250 pages Chalice Praise is a new ......(Continue Reading)Music mirrors emotions in time of terror - September 11: a year later - rock and country music United States - Brief Article
The entertainment world has responded to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in many ways. Along with an onslaught of war ......(Continue Reading)
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