ReligionProf Podcast Episode 6 with Becky Archibald

ReligionProf Podcast Episode 6 with Becky Archibald

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 โ€œReligion, 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 youโ€™re 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 youโ€™ll find (among other things) notes that accompany the music she composed while participating in the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts program, โ€œHums with Mother Earth.โ€

As she mentions in the podcast, Becky also has a blog, โ€œStart With a Blank Page.โ€ย Two posts she mentions in the podcast are โ€œWhat Inspires Meโ€ and โ€œWhat Also Inspires Me.โ€

If youโ€™re not yet familiar with her music, I encourage you to start with some of the samples freely available online in places like YouTube. Hereโ€™s โ€œTango for Disobedient Beastsโ€:

Hereโ€™s the choral work โ€œLight Comes, Even in Darknessโ€:

Hereโ€™s the Cultural Trail Theme, also mentioned in the podcast:

Then, when you realize you simply must listen to more, youโ€™ll 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 youโ€™ll 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 Beckyโ€™s albums as clickable links:

And finally, hereโ€™s the Monteton 2018 film:


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