Musically Speaking
Jarrod RicheyArticles, resources, and reflections from Jarrod Richey on music literacy, hymnody, church music, and the traditions that shape how we sing, dance, and worship together.
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Friday FIVE: October 9 - In My Life
On what would have been John Lennon’s 86th birthday, I return to “In My Life,” one of his most reflective songs and a standout track from Rubber Soul. In this episode, I consider the restraint of Lennon’s lyric, George Martin’s iconic keybo...
Friday FIVE: October 2 - Suffering and Glory
Reginald Heber’s “The Son of God Goes Forth to War” is a familiar hymn text in many Christian traditions, but one lesser-known setting brings out something different in it. In this episode, I reflect on Leonard Payton’s Dorian setting of th...
Friday FIVE: September 25 - Gone Fishin’
In 1951, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong teamed up for “Gone Fishin’,” and the recording’s charm comes from the fact that they never try to sound alike. Crosby is smooth, relaxed, and conversational. Armstrong is gravelly, flexible, and unm...
Friday FIVE: September 18 - Chopinesque
Jon Batiste comes from one of New Orleans’ great musical dynasties, not unlike the Marsalis family. He was playing drums in the Batiste Brothers Band at age eight, earned his bachelor’s and master's degrees in jazz at Juilliard, served as b...
Friday FIVE: September 11 - Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber composed his Adagio for Strings in 1936 as an intimate meditation inspired by a passage from Virgil's Aeneid. He did not write it for grief. And yet grief found it. On this 25th anniversary of September 11th, I reflect on how...
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Jarrod Richey is a music educator, choir director, church musician, hymnal editor, and author, inviting readers into a deeper appreciation of the beauty, history, theology, and music literacy in the life of the church.
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