There are at least two kinds of souls on the path of authenticity. First, there are those that traipse up the mountain path and shed coat after coat and layer after layer of masks and shields. This feat is accomplished more by the world’s scars and wounds than by any choice. These are worthy of [...]

Many shades of red has the heart. In fact, its fibers cover the spectrum of feeling. What has deeply impressed me about Sufjan Stevens is the capacity of feeling that is compressed within the lyric, tempo, and voice of this terribly old soul in a rather new body. I have chosen the song below because [...]

It is poignant that Joni Mitchell—a person whose artist within transforms continually—has moved through many stages:from folk, to pop, to jazz, and now to her most mature expression of soul. At this juncture in her journey, Joni returns to certain songs written in her youth, but lifts them into a luminous atmosphere that i