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A wish and a prayer | Music Column

Literally, the title translates to “Send Us Peace.” It is my wish for you. I recently programmed this song into a short presentation I made to a women’s group. The speaker was addressing finding peace ...
The Queen of Pop's monumental masterpiece is still the standard for confessional pop. By Jon O'Brien After a quiet 1988 (her most notable pop culture moment was an acting gig in a Broadway production ...
Prior to 1989, Madonna was known for boisterous dance tunes, sentimental ballads, and the occasional song about teen pregnancy. Her output got a little more personal with her 1989 album Like a Prayer.
For some, bringing in the new year means praying for good things to come. Kristina Olsen ponders the reasons for prayer in her song, "Prayer Flags." She tells the story behind it in the latest edition ...
A recent LDS Living article named Janice Kapp Perry's song 'A Child's Prayer' as number one in the '100 Greatest LDS Songs of All Time.' Although Perry has written more than 1,300 songs, she did not ...
Re-released this month, the 11-minute “Prayer for amerikkka” honors a Salvadoran immigrant who spent years in a detention ...
Eleven years after Naya Rivera recorded "Prayer for the Broken," the song is finally available to stream — a bright spot for fans in what has been a tragic string of events. "Prayer for the Broken" ...
If you saw the new Sylvester Stallone blow-'em-up 'The Expendables,' you got a chance to hear 'Sinner's Prayer.' The track is the first single from Godsmack's Sully Erna debut solo album, 'Avalon.' ...
Lady Gaga, who helped curate Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home special, brought together iconic vocalists Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli and John Legend to sing “The Prayer.” The song was ...
Kenyan gospel artist Guardian Angel has released a new prayer-song titled Baba Uhuru Mkono wa Mungu, a collaboration withthe Neema Gospel Choir that is already drawing strong emotional reactions ...