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I like Jazz. Last night, the Richard Maegraith Band made some sweet Jazz! It was the launch of ‘Free Running‘. Gary Daley played the Fender Rhodes to perfection. Jonathon Zwartz ran free on double bass. Tim Firth smashed it on drums. Kristin Berardi scat subliminal sounds. And Richard owned the floor on tenor sax. Enjoy [...]
THE RICHARD MAEGRAITH BAND are launching their debut album next Wednesday night. Watch/listen to some tunes. Read Con Campbell’s review. Download a free song + MP3 ring tone! And read about Richard’s job. He is still one very cool jazz cat…
His new album is called Free Running. The launch is at The Basement and should [...]
I got some new music from JB Hifi on Thursday night. I had a $40 gift voucher and picked up 4 CDs from Miles, Joe, Curtis + Amy.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue: This CD is incredible. Chris got it for me for my 21st birthday, but it was stolen (we think) sometime in the [...]
Nestle is giving out free songs on iTunes with the purchase of lollies and chocolate. I like free music! Below are the 5 I downloaded last night.
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - Chris Tomlin
Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
This Heart Attack - Faker
Zombie - The Cranberries
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
You can only download [...]
I heart the music at Saturday EV! The week by week singing is gold and the items are top-quality.
The vid below is Sam Stephenson performing I’m believe’n. It even includes a refrain from O Holy Night!
Just discovered the website of a class mate from bible school. Richard Maegraith is one very cool jazz cat! He’s got an album launch at the basement in June.
Check out the YouTube vid below of Caravan by Duke Ellington performed by Orghan-um Trio featuring Richard Maegraith - tenor, Gary Daley - organ and Jamie Castrisos [...]
I recently gave Dan an essay question. He did a fine job in answering it. Originally the plan was to use some of his thinking in an intro for a talk, but the talk changed its tack… but it’s still helpful - and will most definitely help in an upcoming talk.
Here’s the question: In 100-1000 [...]
Katie Noonan covers Gnarls Barkley ‘Crazy’ on Sunrise:
Katie Noonan has the best and most beautifully versatile female voice in Australia. Last Wednesday night we went to see her singing with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) at the City Recital Hall in Angel Place, Sydney.
It was an absolute musical treat to hear the smooth vocals of Noonan and the energetic performance from the [...]
The Centre for Public Christianity website was launched on Good Friday. CPX is “a research and media organisation promoting the public understanding of the Christian faith.” John Dickson and Greg Clarke are the big daddies of the venture and it looks like they’ve got some good gear happening.
In the video below, Greg Clarke reviews the [...]
Daybreak played at Church on Sunday night. The young band consists of drums, guitar, bass + vox. They were good. They seemed a bit uncomfortable playing at church, but I think that had more to do with congregational song selection than it did talent. Their lead singer looked a little bit uncomfortable up front, but [...]
Larry Norman “the father of Christian rock” died last week. Here’s some coverage from blogs I read: Challies, Marko, JT, Doxologist, Steve and now saturdayEV. In the vid below Jon Baldwin from saturdayEV performs a tribute.
ps - here’s a longer version of the same vid
I have a friend who has spammed me on facebook about his band: Lifetone. They describe themselves as “Word-infused praise and worship music”. They have a radiohead-esque deal where you decide what you will pay for their album: Who Hopes For What They Already Had?… sweet deal! I’ve listened to snippets of the tracks from [...]
Dan Godden is my brother-in-law, partner in proclaiming Jesus, and friend. He’s had a few goes at blogging over the past couple of years. It looks like he is now hitting it consistently! Most of his blog content is thinking through church music. Go check it out.
He’s spent the last week posting some content from [...]
