Another war: how Sarajevo’s musicians sang through a siege
Berlin, Germany Reuters Setting out to tell the story of Sarajevo’s four-year siege in the 1990s, Nenad Sicin-Sain thought he was documenting Europe’s last big war – only for Russia to invade Ukraine during filming, heightening the emotions of an already fraught project. Kiss the Future, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on Sunday, […]
Books: Bono’s memoir a fascinating account of an extraordinary life
NILS VON KALM reads Bono’s autobiography, ‘Surrender’…
Amy Grant, ‘queen of Christian pop’, feted at Kennedy Center Honours
United StatesRNS The Kennedy Center Honors, on its 45th occasion, recognised singer and songwriter Amy Grant, marking the first time the top cultural distinction was given to a contemporary Christian musician. “There are stories of tenacity, stories of faith, stories of unfettered creativity and stories of endurance,” said actress and 2002 honoree Chita Rivera at […]
Essay: Rock music has had sympathy for God as well as the devil – Kennedy Center honoree Amy Grant is just one big star who’s walked the line between ‘Christian’ and ‘secular’ music
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID W STOWE, author of ‘No Sympathy for the Devil’, says the boundary between religious and non-religious music “has long been porous”…
Bono and the Pope harmonise on climate change, girls’ education
Rome, ItalyReuters They didn’t sing together but U2 frontman Bono and Pope Francis were in harmony about their concern for the planet and the power of women to change the world when they met in Rome on Thursday. Bono, 62, and the 85-year-Pope shared star billing at an event organised by Scholas Occurrentes, a worldwide […]
Sixty feared dead in bombing of Ukraine school; G7 condemns Putin; Bono gives ‘freedom’ concert in Kyiv
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters As many as 60 people are feared to have been killed when a bomb struck a village school in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Sunday while Russian forces continued shelling the last holdout of Ukrainian resistance in the ruined south-eastern port of Mariupol. Luhansk region Governor Serhiy Gaidai said the […]
Mourners honor Nobel laureate and peace advocate John Hume
London, UKAP Mourners remembered activist John Hume on Wednesday, celebrating the visionary politician who devoted his life to peace and forged the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland. Only close family, friends and a smattering of politicians mourned the Catholic leader at his funeral at St Eugene’s Cathedral in Londonderry, also known […]
CONCERT: U2 DELIVER A SPIRITED PERFORMANCE
NILS VON KALM was among the crowd at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium to watch U2 earlier this month…
ESSAY: IS JESUS KING OF KANYE’S BANK ACCOUNT?
US Christian activist and author SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it would be a “beautiful thing” if Kanye’s religious conversion also led to a political conversion…
LIFESTORY: BONO AND GUGGI – A FRIENDSHIP BASED ON ART, PUNK ROCK AND JESUS
CATHLEEN FALSANI, writing for Religion News Service, speaks with artist Guggi about growing up in North Dublin, his faith and art – and his famous friendship with Bono…