Blog by SJAves

I do not know why certain music stirs my soul. All I know is that it does.

Charles Mingus piqued my interest back in the 1970's, and I have no idea why. But, I purchased the 3 disc album The Great Concert of Charles Mingus.

This is where I heard Eric Dolphy first. I've been a fan every since.

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There are so many talented young artists today. So much talent, so few venues to perform.

The video below I stumbled upon  via the Summer Listening: Nashville's Classical Playlist

The Lectionary reading this week included Proverbs 19:1-17.

Thereis a timelessness to the wisdom extolled in The Bible, and a poetic phrasing that speaks to us still today.

1  Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity
 than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
2  It ...

There are albums that just flat-out speak to me. Ones that I know the songs in order on the album - both sides. It's one of those mysteries in life; why do certain songs touch your soul? Flip side is why do certain songs touch other people's soul but not yours?

Tonight for me it was Elvis Costello's ...