Sunday, February 07, 2010

On the Desire for Material Possessions: In a song

"'a cloudburst of material possessions', sunday papers collage," uploaded on August 28, 2009 by kejhu on flickr
 
I try to see my music in a spiritual light. You, too?
 
Sutton and her band will be in Grand Rapids on Thursday to open St. Cecilia Music Center's Jazz Series.

"Paper Moon" is from her latest recording, "Desire," released last year by Telarc. The album title refers, not to love or romance, but to the desire for creature comforts and material things.

"What God wants for his creation and what we desire for ourselves are two separate things," said Sutton, an adherent of the [Baha'i] faith, founded in mid-19th century....

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