Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad explore the spiritual side of playing an instrument and how it can be a form a prayer.
Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad explore the different ways we pray and boost mindfulness. Today they find out how playing a musical instrument can be a deeply spiritual experience and even a form of prayer.
Cherry Dragon is a Nigerian-Irish musician, singer, songwriter and producer. She tells Kate how playing the piano boosts her feelings of connection and how it relates to her belief in Vedanta - a philosophy that can be found in Hinduism and Buddhism.
Tim Boniface spends half his week as a Church of England chaplain at a university but has a side-hustle as a jazz musician and composer. Jason finds out why Tim sees playing his saxophone as a form of prayer to God and how it helps in those moments when he's completely lost for words.
Plus we get some great tips that'll inspire you to pick that old guitar (or the one you bought in lockdown) once again!
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Aretha Franklin
I Say A Little Prayer
- Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
- Atlantic.
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Cherry Dragon
Altar
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Tim Boniface
The Fourth Word
- The Eight Words.
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Polly Gibbons
Midnight Prayer
- Is It Me...?.
- Resonance Records.
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- Sun 25 Apr 2021 06:05麻豆社 Radio 2