Audio Deacon
Audio Deacon provides music reviews and lists of albums to teach maturing Christians how to listen to records and what music to consume in our modern age.
Audio Deacon also serves as a resource to parents, guiding them in modern music’s contents, glories, pitfalls, and conversations.
Episodes
35 episodes
Winter’s End and Lenten Listening
In today’s episode, we look at three records bound together by a shared mood of restraint, melancholy, and beauty. With black-and-white covers and a lingering winter atmosphere, each of these projects offers music suited for reflection as...
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Experiment and Porchlight: Two Records Worth Hearing
In today’s episode, we look at two very different records that reward attentive listening. One moves through experimental jazz textures and woodwind explorations, while the other settles into the warm, familiar world of folk storytelling and fr...
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Text Painting: Getting In on the Joke
In this topical episode of Audio Deacon, we explor text painting - the art of shaping music to mirror the meaning of the words themselves. From Gregorian chant and Handel’s Messiah to The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Punch B...
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Lost in the Wonder of Listening
In today’s episode, we walk through five records that reward careful listening. We move from playful experimental pop-funk to modern minimalism and contemporary jazz, and ending with some grounded bluegrass and folk.We begin with Los...
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16:37
Boycott Heaven and Scenes from Above
In today’s episode, we walk through five records that reward careful listening, moving from playful experimental pop to pop rock, modern jazz collaboration, gentle folk songwriting, and a raucous mono-era classic. We begin with Colour Space...
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An Aural Tasting Menu (Five Recordings Worth Your Time)
In today’s episode, we walk through five recordings to start 2026 well, spanning instrumental rock, legacy songwriting, punk, acoustic covers, and laid-back folk-pop. We begin with Desert So Green by Winged Wheel, a patie...
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13:56
A Smorgasboard of Sound and Spicy Music Listening, with Jarrod Richey
This week we are joined by the great Jarrod Richey to talk about records and music listening, and boy did this brother deliver. We talk about everything from Brad Paisley, to Chris Stapleton, to Jacques Loussier and Bach. Enjoy!-J...
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Paul Hillier | Home to Thanksgiving
In today's episode, we're taking a look at Paul Hillier's great album of gratitude, Home to Thanksgiving.The Audio Deacon App!
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The Audio Deacon App + Five Great Records
In today's episode, we're taking a look at 5 great records and a big announcement about the AD App!The Audio Deacon App!htt...
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18:22
Folk Light of Autumn: Jacob Collier, Madison Cunningham, and Andrew Peterson
In today's episode, we're taking a look at the 3 new records that will work beautifully in your fall album rotation. Listen to the Albums!Jacob Collier: The Light for Days
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12:40
Training Our Musical Diet
In today's episode, I'm briefly discussing introducing pop and rap to children, along with a huge announcement!__________________________Links:The Audio Deacon Substack
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12:48
Brad Mehldau: Ride into the Sun
In today's episode, we're taking a look at the new record from Brad Mehldau, Ride into the Sun.Listen to the Album!Spotify<...
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11:41
Brian Dunne: Clams Casino
In today's episode, we're taking a look at the new pop rock gem from Brian Dunne. Crank it!Listen to the Album!Spotify
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14:08
A Lovely Debut Folk Record from Fielder
In today's episode, we're taking a look at the lovely debut record from Fielder. Listen to the Album!Spotify
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22:02
An "Album of the Year" Contender from Racing Mount Pleasant
In today's episode, we're taking a look at the stunning self-titled record from Racing Mount Pleasant.Listen to the Album!Spotify...
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16:03
Listening to Prince with Grandma: The Records That Made Adam Wright (The Corner Room)
Today, we have our first artist interview!Adam Wright is the founder of The Corner Room, a project that sets Scripture to music for meditation and memorization.
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59:25
Pop Music and Parodic Memory
In today's episode we're discussing pop music, wisdom, and what we can call "parodic memory" when singing songs of the past.__________________________Links:The Audio Deacon Substack<...
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Benson Boone: American Heart
In today's episode, we're taking a look at Benson Boone's American Heart.__________________________Links:The Audio Deacon Substack
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15:39
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River
This Fourth of July, we’re diving into a quintessential American record: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Green River.To listen to this album, click a link below. Listen:
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12:18
Watchhouse: Rituals
In today's episode, we're taking a look at the lovely new record from Watchhouse titled Rituals.To listen to this album, click a link below. Listen:
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Ben Rector: The Richest Man in the World
In today's episode, we're taking a look at Ben Rector's fantastic new record, The Richest Man in the World.To listen to this album, click a link below. Listen:
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15:30
Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant
In today's episode, we're taking a look at Arcade Fire's new introspective and subdued project, Pink Elephant.To listen to this album, click a link below. Listen:
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New Music from Mobley, Natalia Lafourcade, and Stewart Copeland
In today's episode, we discuss 3 new records, each one different than the last. To listen to these records, find the links below. Mobley: We Do Not Fear Ruins
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