I am delighted to have Becky Archibald as a guest on my podcast this week. Becky is a well-known pianist and composer, whose music I was familiar with even before I had the privilege of meeting her in the context of the โReligion, Spirituality, and the Artsโ program run by Rabbi Sandi Sasso. This program brings artists together to learn and talk about biblical texts and explore the use of them as a springboard to their own creative activity. You can learn more about the program online (and, if youโre an artist, apply to participate in a future iteration of it).
You can learn more about Becky Archibald and her music through her web page. There youโll find (among other things) notes that accompany the music she composed while participating in the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts program, โHums with Mother Earth.โ
As she mentions in the podcast, Becky also has a blog, โStart With a Blank Page.โย Two posts she mentions in the podcast are โWhat Inspires Meโ and โWhat Also Inspires Me.โ
If youโre not yet familiar with her music, I encourage you to start with some of the samples freely available online in places like YouTube. Hereโs โTango for Disobedient Beastsโ:
Hereโs the choral work โLight Comes, Even in Darknessโ:
Hereโs the Cultural Trail Theme, also mentioned in the podcast:
Then, when you realize you simply must listen to more, youโll find direct links to a number of her albums for purchase below โ assuming you still acquire music in such physically-mediated formats as CDs, that is. Either way, though, we hope youโll listen to our conversation, which explores (among many other things) the subject of changing media and how our modern consumption practices impact musicians, authors, and other artists.
Here are Beckyโs albums as clickable links:
And finally, hereโs the Monteton 2018 film: