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Musical Musings 05-31: From Broadway to The Beatles to Blue Boat Home with our talented youth musicians, plus not one, b...

Music Notes – Sunday, May 31st:   This Sunday’s musicians are Becky Burns, Amy Collins, David Collins, Ian Nelson, Drew Watkins, Molly Watkins, Sophie Watkins, and UUCC Pianist Kar...

Musical Musings 07-12: From Ruth Gipps to Johannes Brahms with Dana Bjorklund and Lucy Carney

Music Notes – Sunday, July 12th:  This Sunday’s musicians are Dana Bjorklund, Lucy Carney, and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney   About Sunday’s guest musicians: Dana Bjorklund disc...

Musical Musings 06-21: A musical journey from Sam Cooke to Stephen Sondheim to Garth Brooks with Karin Tooley

Music Notes – Sunday, June 21st: This Sunday’s musician is UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley.   Centering Music: A Change Is Gonna Come – Cooke Written and originally performed by Sam … Co...

Musical Musings 05-24: Music of Ysaye Barnwell, Dan Forrest and more with Mike and our Chancel Choir

Music Notes – Sunday, May 24th: This Sunday’s musicians are The Chancel Choir and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney   Centering Music: Breaths – Barnwell/Diop “Breaths” (#1001 in Sin...

Musical Musings 06-14: Music of truth and justice with Mike, including two new songs from Sing Out Love

Music Notes – Sunday, June 14th: This Sunday’s musician is UUCC Music Director Mike Carney   Centering Music: Love Is at the Center – Goldberg Emily Joy Goldberg (b. 1978, … Contin...

Musical Musings 07-05: Special music from the GA Service and ‘coming attractions’ later this summer at UUCC

Music Notes – Sunday, July 5th: This Sunday morning, come to Fellowship Hall for a potluck breakfast and ‘watch party’ featuring the Sunday Worship Service from this year’s UUA Gen...

Musical Musings 06-07: Come and sing with our Multigen Choir on the lawn this Sunday!

Come, Sing a Song with…the Multigen Choir this Sunday! Attention singers of all ages and experience levels (including those with no experience at all) – you’re invited to sing with...

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Musical Musings 06-28: Karin brings us meditative music from Erik Satie and our own Rev. Randy Partain

Music Notes – Sunday, June 28th: This Sunday’s musician is UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley.   Centering Music: Filled with Loving Kindness – Hayes/Riddell Based on a traditional Buddhist...

Musical outreach

Frequently Played June 2026

Originally appeared on Posts on Kevin Murphy.Frequently Played 🔗 I tend to listen to the same songs or albums on repeat that are evocative of how I’m feeling or what’s going on wi...

Miles the Composer in the '50s: Jazz Musicians Play Miles, Part 2

Miles Davis is justly celebrated for his harmonic sense, his tone, his style, and his ever-changing musical career. However, we rarely hear about Miles the composer. Miles certainl...

Mahler if ya hear me

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, leading the Met Orchestra, and Joyce DiDonato continue their exploration of Mahler at Carnegie Hall.

Music shall caress you

Softly, deftly, music shall caress youHear it, feel it, secretly possess youOpen up your mind, let your fantasies unwindIn this darkness which you know you cannot fightThe darkness...

Beethoven's Most Dramatic Key

A chance journey through concerts in Bengaluru and Mumbai became an exploration of Beethoven's enduring fascination with C minor, the key that shaped some of his most dramatic, her...

'Meowsic Lessons': 21 Musical Cats Featuring Feline Musicians Hitting Every Silly Note

Cats and music may not seem the most obvious combination ever, but cats already have rhythm and empowering stage presence. Basically, they were born to be performers. Meowsic lesso...

Miles the Composer: Jazz Musicians play Miles. Part 1: The early tunes

Miles Davis is justly celebrated for his harmonic sense, his tone, his style, and his ever-changing musical career, but we rarely hear about Miles the composer. In this hour, you'l...

Books on Music: Expressing the Inexpressible

My second book, The Instrument Must Not Matter, is a coming-of-age novel centres on Lila Rys, a promising Canadian pianist who arrives in New York as the book opens to work with a...

The Music of ‘Guys and Dolls’

Holywell is the Oxford Student’s weekly music column, published every Sunday for your reading pleasure, covering music across genres, eras, and scenes. This week, Grace Butler revi...

Cantilene by Paul Merkus

Today's tune was kindly contributed to our collection by guest composer Paul Merkus. This simple yet enjoyable atmospheric piece opens with a soothing melody accompanied by seventh...

New Music From Miho Hazama, Arturo Sandoval, Elsa Nilsson And More

This playlist explores the intersection of narrative composition and global rhythmic traditions, anchored by the rich textures of modern jazz. The journey begins with the structure...

The Fine Line Between Clever Wordplay and Misheard Lyrics in Modern Music

Examine the fine line between clever wordplay and misheard lyrics in modern music, why our brains mishear songs, and the most commonly confused lines.

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A Few of My Favorite 2026 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 3

Halfway through 2026, Mondo Jazz pauses to celebrate some of the recordings that have brought the most pleasure, surprise and inspiration over the past six month.Happy listening!Pl...