Michial Farmer leads a discussion with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about the late singer/songwriter Mark Heard’s 1992 greatest-hits album High Noon. Heard died unexpected of a heart attack in 1992, and still remains an obscure name today. But his music is some of the best that “Christian rock” has had to offer the world.…
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #93.3: Musical Theater
General Introduction – Skeleton crew – Cold weather – No listener feedback Opera as Super-Art – 16th-century Italy – Its roots in humanism and classicism – Connections to tragedy – Grappling with pessimism – Wagner’s return to tragedy – Gesamkunstwerk – Changing tastes The Development of Musical Theater – Development from comic opera and operetta…
The Christian Humanist, Episode #35: Christian Rock
General Introduction – Hey, there are three of us – A suggestion from Josh Altmanshofer – The bizarro-world podcast Starting with the Personal – Nathan Gilmour, bodyguard to the “stars” – How Christian college kills your interest in Christian rock – David’s family traditions – The sins of Bill Gothard – Boxing up the secular…