In his dynamic six-part tribute to Prince, Anil Dash makes the case for how the High Priest of Pop encapsulates the beautiful and complicated story of the American project.
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Musician Zola Jesus chose her stage name as an atheist teenager, but as her career has progressed, its religious connotations have shed light on the place that music commands in her life — as an exercise in meaning-making, an outlet for expressing and exploring the existential questions of life.
For Shabbat Shirah — the Sabbath of Song — a reflection on collective song as an intimate, embodied expression of the soul in sorrow, celebration, and resistance.
From the dreary lyrics of “Eleanor Rigby” to Lennon’s infamous remarks on Christianity, The Beatles seemed to embody a godless skepticism about the world. But was their outlook really so bleak? Kenneth Womack on the deeper message at the heart of their music: a life-affirming, transcendent sense of communal good.
Hip-hop's spiritual lineage stretches back to long before the Golden Era of BDP and De La Soul. On bearing fearless witness to the black struggle, black courage, and black being — in Chance the Rapper's era, and in Job's.
Black women are blazing a new trail for yoga — one that shatters the barriers of race, culture, and class that previously excluded them. How women of color are embracing the strength of their bodies and spirits through vinyasa flows set to Future and Gucci Mane.
A lesson in expectations, disappointment, and living forward tradition from our Hamilton-obsessed columnist.
Learning of the great ethnomusicologist's death, our columnist offers an "ocean of remembrance" in return for the Turkish Sufi master who embodied the poetry of Islam in both his music and his being.
Wounds do not heal simply with the passing of time, but time does give us the tools to endure them. On learning to live with the unimaginable.
Beyonce and Chance the Rapper embody the deep, enduring presence of black faith in the world, both in its powerful solemnity and in its joyful boisterousness.
What if we thought of hip-hop lyrics as sacred texts? Toki Wright speaks about the power of language and the spiritual responsibility of hip-hop for young people.
From the heart of New Delhi, a singer-songwriter explores the love and loss we all experience at one time or another. Listen and enjoy!
A return to the gritty heart of the Christmas season, and a vision for a holiday celebration that does real and practical good for those around us.
A look at icons in our popular culture reveals the crucial work of healing at the heart of the Muslim faith.
Leonard Cohen's timeless lyrics are a beacon of hope for even the most broken among us. An expression of gratitude to our latest lost legend.
November 5, 2016
A Country Not Yet Realized: Sara Bareilles Imagines What President Obama Is Not Saying
Is it Pollyannaish to love your country at its most divided? Sara Bareilles and Leslie Odom Jr. create a song to make sense of the world before us — and imagine a country yet to be.
An account of one man's years with the legendary American bard, who spoke to a desire for authenticity, justice, and love.
The violence of our culture can trap us in a spiral of fear and paralysis. Parker Palmer on the importance of centering our minds and hearts in sacred spaces of our own, wherever we may find them.
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