Sunday Playlist - 10/25/2020

The playlist for this week: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzrVlXh4mc1N3JEudnWDNKtcdirCsQ2I-

More American folk and bluegrass than usual rose to the surface as I put this list together, and the theme is probably evident enough without my explanation. In the center is a poem that many of us may have first encountered in high school, but the mordant humor and underlying seriousness seemed appropriate to our moment. It contrasts with most of the songs, which encourage hope in an attitude of prayer down by the riverside.

At the risk of ending in solemnity, we return for the last piece to a Gregorian Chant of Psalm 130, De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine. Out of the depths, I cried to Thee, O Lord.