Following the release of their new album, titled “Marigold,” the Hillbilly Thomists performed in Washington, DC, as part of their ongoing Marigold Tour on Aug 8, the feast of St Dominic. Playing at St Francis Hall to a sold-out crowd of more than 150 people, the band of Dominican friars played various songs from all Read more
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Hillbilly Thomists perform for sold-out show following release of fourth album
Thursday, August 22nd, 2024Preaching and music: Are Catholic services simply too boring?
Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other end of the spectrum are Catholic churches, which have a deep eucharistic tradition and the worst preaching and music in the country. At least, this is the Read more
Catholic pop music group conquers Africa
Thursday, November 22nd, 2018Master Just and Barabas, both Catholics musicians, credit “God’s plan” for the success of their musical duo, Toofan. The Toofan story started in Togo in 2005 when the two football- and music-loving adolescents hired out a small studio with little more than a microphone and a computer to record their first hit, “Eperviers.” Continue reading
Musician Fr Chris Skinner tours Dunedin diocese
Thursday, July 12th, 2018
At the beginning of July, well-known musician Fr Chris Skinner completed a tour of the Dunedin diocese using his music to teach people about the liturgy. The tour began on Monday 2 July in Queenstown. Children from St Joseph’s School Queenstown sang, listened and learned the actions for Chris’ music. His sense of fun and real Read more
Top 30 Catholic muso’s 2017
Monday, November 27th, 2017A list of the top 30 Catholic music artists for 2017 has been released. Matt Maher, a Canadian musician who will be performing in Auckland this weekend, leads the list. Read more