Entries categorized as Music

The Writing on the Wall: Reviews round-up

On October 13, 2010 / By maggi dawn / 2 Comments
Here’s what people have been saying about The Writing on the Wall Rachel Thorpe, writing for Evangelicals Now, says: In The Writing on the Wall, Maggi Dawn sets about doing what John Stott called ‘double listening’ — ‘it means that we’re called to listen both to the Word of God, and to today’s world, in order to More...

Writing on the Wall: “an ideal present for a sixth former or a busy preacher”

On July 10, 2010 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
It’s a trip through the Bible for the biblically ignorant but otherwise educated reader, giving some basic info and background on the stories that have shaped our literature and history. She doesn’t just tell the story, but gives enough background to it to help you understand its meaning, and why it may have been used as it has been. So she turns on a light bulb to illuminate a range of cultural basics — Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Milton, Spenser, Jacob Epstein, Wilfred Owen, William Blake, Tennyson, Oscar Wilde, yea even Monty Python... and hundreds of others. So, here is an ideal present for the sixth former in your life who seeks some background to our culture. Its clarity and sense of perspective may also help the busy preacher... More...

publication day

On June 24, 2010 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
go on, you know you want to… More...

Music meme

On December 10, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 1 Comment
Musician  Geoff Colmer has taken up my meme here, and mentions among others the astounding and fantastic Martin Taylor. Go read: Wonder and Wondering: Music that made you stand still in wonder. More...
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Music licensing laws to change

On November 20, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 3 Comments
The RSCM reports that changes to the law mean that you will no longer be able to play pre-recorded music in church without a PPL licence. The restrictions don’t affect weddings, but they will affect Emerging/Fresh Expressions/Alternative Worship groups who like to create spiritual and worship experiences from art, installations, video and recorded music. A PPL Licence More...

Music

On November 10, 2009 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
A while back I was asked to join the AdvisoryBoard of the Royal School of Church Music. It’s an institution with a long pedigree, but if you think it’s exculsively for robed choirs and church organs, look again – it’s actually a pretty wide ranging organisation, promoting all kinds of music. In particular, if you are More...

Music, Conversion and God

On November 5, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 5 Comments
Here’s an article about eight musicians who left their career to work/live/sing for God, and then later came back to music. Go on, guess who they are before you look… More...
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E.S.T. Retrospective

On October 27, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 2 Comments
I’ve just been reading the reviews of Retrospective; I think I have most of these tracks, but I may just get the album anyway (or tell my son to speak to Santa) as they will sound different in a new compilation. I think my own favourite is still Viaticum – I saw them play at More...
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TED, inspiration, sermons, and shining eyes

On October 26, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 5 Comments
One of the things I try to instill in people I supervise is that if, when, you have the opportunity to address a group of people, they will be far more likely to engage with what you say if they feel you are talking to them, not reading a script. The relationship between the speaker More...
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Soul music for the Black Dog

On October 24, 2009 / By maggi dawn / 6 Comments
I am picking myself up by the bootstraps lately. As the comedian said, if it's not one thing it's your mother. Good in Parts, as so often, comes to the rescue with words from an unlikely source. Much though I respect his ideas, I never think of Luther as a cheery chap. But he said More...
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