Catholic Roundup

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Today I had a lovely chat with Susan Bailey, a Catholic musician and the brains, brawn and beauty behind GrapeVine Online, a podcast, blog and print magazine about Catholic Music and Catholic musicians. She has an interesting perspective on Lent because her husband is a Melkite Catholic and is studying to be a deacon, so her family celebrates their Catholic faith in both the Latin and the Melkite rites. I’ve only been listening to the Grapevine News Minute podcast for a few months, but Susan does a great job of featuring Catholic musicians and events with her weekly show. We end the interview with Susan singing her arrangement of Schubert’s Ave Maria. Check out Susan’s Music at susanbailey.net and find out about tons of other great Catholic Musicians at GrapeVine Online.

Links mentioned in this episode: Madonna House, Father Seraphim Beshoner, Theosis Podcast .

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Nick Alexander is known as the Catholic Weird Al. He writes wonderful, funny and thought provoking Catholic parodies of popular songs. He also writes Praise and Worship music. His new project is Top Catholic Songs, which hosts a site for user generated voting on Top Ten lists of Catholic Music. Check out their Top Ten Songs for Lent. Nick and I had a wonderful conversation about Lent, the A- word, and desert vs mountaintop experiences.

I also play 2 songs of Nick Alexander’s , This Time of 40 Days, and Too Late Have I Loved You. Enjoy.