Radix

In the liner notes to his latest album, The Gospel According to Water, poetic songwriter and prestigious producer Joe Henry emphasized twice that “where a song comes from is not what a song is.” He’s at once saying that these thirteen raw, sinewy, and intimate poems—written in rapid inspiration last year and recorded in spare, demo-like takes after Henry was diagnosed with prostate cancer in November of 2018—are not autobiographical, but are “songs about finding light” in the midst of overcast circumstances.…

Each month people gather at our church (“virtually,” these days) for a “dinner and documentary.” Over soup, salad, and homemade cookies, we’ve learned about what’s threatening bee colonies and how to help care for them; about food waste and food distribution in the U.S.; about the surprising benefits of music therapy; and about what’s happening to immigrants and refugees.…