Monthly Archives: December 2011

Another Bob Dufford song from the seventies still in high rotation nearly forty years later. The original can be heard here. Obviously a candidate for any liturgy needing shepherd songs and an alternative to all the Ps 23 settings – … Continue reading →

A hymn from Christopher Willcock, that has a lot going for it, although I dislike the style of singing in the snippet at AOV. It has a lot of words with extra notes in that might prove a bit fiddly. … Continue reading →

This song is extremely popular (& justly so) at our church and sung a lot with great gusto.  It is by Trish Watts and Monica O’Brien. We use it for everything but it works especially well as a gathering song and a … Continue reading →

This is a terrific song from Monica Brown except its in the key of B.  She suggests capo 1 but capo 4 would cheer up the guitarists more I think. I’ve done it at 98 bpm. It would be a nice … Continue reading →

This song is in AOV Next Gen (No 91) and I blogged about it here last year. Why not spend the next seven and a half minutes not being busy. Find out more about the nice people at Willow here.  

Donna Pena wrote “Digo ‘Si’ Senor” and AOV has the English version. As a recessional it would cap a service with a justice theme very well. I suspect the original language fits the tune better and the tune varies a little … Continue reading →

This is a South African hymn so naturally you’d want to listen to it in this video from Holland. For a bigger sound this choir from the West Indies does their arrangement here. You can find lots of other versions on … Continue reading →

A wildly popular song by Michael Joncas based on Ps 91.  Sometimes called the “Yoohoo” song because of its startling and inventive opening two notes it is rightly lauded as a beautiful and subtle tune but also the cause of a … Continue reading →

A Taize chant for Good Friday by Jacques Berthier.  Best done with little or no backing and repeated until all are suitable drained, teary and upset. Listen here. Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom. Jesus, remember me when … Continue reading →