The Cricket and Seagull Fireside Chat
by Steven Kapp Perry
A faithful-but-informal voice presenting music and interviews of interest to Latter-day Saints (Mormons / Mormon / LDS) and their friends worldwide. Steven Kapp Perry brings you the unique voices of authors, artists, musicians, scholars, and fellow Saints. Pull up a chair and join us for The Cricket & Seagull Fireside Chat!
Episodes
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How You Can Get Involved With the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Leonardo in SLC
For centuries they lay hidden in clay jars in remote cliff-side caves near the Dead Sea, but now you and your family can see the Dead Sea Scrolls in 10 US cities, including at The Leonardo in Salt Lake City right now through April 2014. And even if you can't go in person, you'll find amazing ways...
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Calling all Gospel Doctrine Teachers!
What was temple worship like in Old and New Testament times? What ancient symbolism might be enlightening to us as we worship in our Latter-day temples? The 2013 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium taking place this Saturday on the BYU Provo campus addresses these and many other aspects of "The Mountain…
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Seeing the Holy Land through spiritual eyes, with Kyle Woodruff
So here’s a question; if you could visit Israel and go to all the places you’ve read about and dreamed of experiencing, using every sense but sight--meaning you wouldn't see a thing--would you still want to go? Would it be worth it? Kyle Woodruff has been blind since birth, but on a recent tour…
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"Hearts and Minds" with Kayson Brown
Motivating and inspiring young people to do their best is always a good thing, but how to do it? In the case of the members of the Lyceum Philharmonic Orchestra, director Kayson Brown seems to have found just the right formula for inspiring excellence. In this interview he talks about high...
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Seek Ye the Face of Christ - J. Kirk Richards
What if you wanted to paint the being you worship? You might worry that you don’t have the skill, but what about an even more basic consideration; is it right to even try? If you do try, then what kind of representation should you use? Classical, realistic, or abstract? You’ll find all these...
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The 23rd Annual Hunger Banquet at BYU
The word “banquet” conjures up the image of a feast; delicious food and lots of it, but for the past 22 years, students at BYU have hosted a Hunger Banquet – a banquet where the goodies are not doled out equally. In fact, most of the attendees go away hungry, at least physically, but filled with…
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Backyard Winter Gardening with Caleb Warnock
It’s the middle of winter here in North America – the time for snow and freezing temperatures, and the time when nothing grows in the garden. At least that’s what most of us have come to think. But you might be surprised to know just how much you can grow all winter long. In fact, the skills of...
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A Hometown Christmas with Cori Connors
There’s nothing like a hometown Christmas — a Christmas when you were together with family, when the high school choir set the mood for the season with their concerts, and when you saw and waved to your neighbors as they scurried among the downtown shops seeking treasures for their loved ones. A...
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Couple from LDS Charities serves Syrian refugees in Jordan
The "Arab Spring” has swept across the Middle East this year, bringing new freedoms to people in a number of nations, but in Syria, the winter approaches and hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who have fled the fighting by crossing into Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan – nearly half a million…
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Musical Journeys and Time Machines, with BYU's Classical 89 streaming world-wide
It used to be that if you wanted hear music, you had to make it yourself, or find someone else who could make it. Nowadays we can carry thousands of the greatest recordings ever made right in our pocket. That part has changed. What hasn't changed is what music does to us; what it makes us feel…
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'The Waiting Place,' new music from Calee Reed
When Calee Reed lets go with her big, hearty, infectious laugh, you can't help but laugh along. And when she sings of joy or of holding on through heartbreak, it's hard not to feel that you know exactly what she means. I guess that's the beauty of "The Waiting Place," the new album of songs that...
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Come Sing With Us in Israel!
"Next year in Jerusalem!" The Jews have said it for centuries. For all who love the scriptures, visiting the Holy Land fills your heart and mind with feelings and images which rush back every time you open those sacred pages. And some of the most moving memories come from singing the hymns at the...
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Clive Romney: Committing our Ancestors' Lives to Art
For decades Clive Romney has been a solid session player, writer, producer, recording engineer, arranger and performer on the Utah music scene, but it wasn't until a change of heart in his 50's that he found what he describes as his true calling in life. In this audio interview Clive tells both...
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Making friends and spreading the word in Nauvoo, Illinois
Summer is a busy season in Nauvoo, Illinois, especially if you are in charge of letting everyone know about the various events and shows happening every day. In this audio interview, Elder Verl Doman talks about the work he and his wife, Sister Sue Doman, do every day as public affairs…
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Eric Samuelsen: Finding Spirituality in Unexpected Places
Recently retired BYU theater professor Eric Samuelsen has always connected spirituality with art, but he finds that connection in a lot of places where most people wouldn't think to look—like a ballgame or a rap song, or even zombie movies. In this audio interview Samuelsen talks about his...
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'When I Can't Speak,' a retrospective album from Tyler Castleton
You've heard his songs for nearly two decades, but maybe you didn't know that songwriter, arranger, and producer Tyler Castleton was the man behind the music. This new 17-track collection album includes some of Tyler’s most requested songs, as well as a few brand-new offerings, performed by Tyler...
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'Be Still,' the new album of hymns from William Joseph
LDS pianist William Joseph is known for being a protegé of super producer David Foster, and his first two albums have wowed listeners and audiences alike with virtuosic performances. Now his new release, "Be Still," features an entirely different approach. Filled with thoughtful, liquid-sounding...
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The Inner City Project--a chance to serve from home
Whether you're finding an apartment for someone newly homeless, explaining to a foreign refugee what a flush toilet is, or connecting addicts with resources for recovery, the Inner City Project has something nearly anyone can do to fulfill Christ's call to serve "the least of these" right when it...
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'As a Child of God,' new music for children from Janice Kapp Perry
She's been writing music for decades, but never loses her enthusiasm for writing for children. Ever wonder what her favorite song is from her catalog? How she combines research and relaxing to create? In this audio interview about her new album "As a Child of God," Janice Kapp Perry talks about...
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'Peace I give unto you," a Palestinian Relief Society President shares her story
What would you do if you were the only Latter-day Saint you knew in your entire country and the only way to attend sacrament meeting was to get over, around, or through a massive wall meant to keep you and your people out? And how would you make peace with your situation and learn to forgive?…
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'Higher,' the new album from Mercy River
The popular all-mom trio, Mercy River, is back with a mix of well-known inspirational music and originals that reflect their own life experiences. In this audio interview Soni, Brooke, and Whitney talk about the usefulness of onstage humiliation, the good things about surrendering and letting go,...
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'Make Known His Wonderful Works' - Video of the LDS International Art Competition 2012
A video presentation of the audio interview including visuals of all the various works discussed. Click Here to view.
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'Make Known His Wonderful Works' - 9th LDS International Art Competition
Rita R. Wright, Curator of Art and Artifacts at the Church History Museum walks us through the new exhibit featuring nearly 200 different works in a variety of genres. Her enthusiasm for art and the gospel is infectious and you'll be glad for a guide who helps you see more deeply into these…
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Utah's LDS Dems credit 1st Presidency letter for record-breaking caucus turnout
Utah State Democratic Party Chairman Jim Debakis was delighted with the soaring numbers of LDS Utahns who turned out for the Democratic Party's caucus meetings last Tuesday, and Craig Janis, head of outreach for the newly launched LDS Dems Caucus, talked about the increased interest in the...
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'Glory!' the virtuosic new recording from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
This new album features masterworks, sacred anthems, a folk hymn, a song from the Broadway stage, and selections from some of the most eminent film composers of our day. Included are jubilant renditions of “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Ennio Morricone’s “Nella Fantasia” from The...
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Emily Thomas, bridging the worlds of the hearing and the deaf
For some deaf recipients of Cochlear Implants, it can take up to ten years to learn to distinguish sounds and to speak. But for Emily Thomas, from Oklahoma, it was a miraculously short period of less than two years; years which coincided with her finding the Gospel and deciding that God’s gift of...
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LDS athletes go downhill fast--and that's a good thing!
Cody Reese and and Brandon Larson look like any other athletes until they slide up their pant legs to show off the high-tech prosthetic legs that keep them in the mobile mainstream of society. What's not mainstream is their penchant for zooming down mountainsides at 70 mph. In this audio…
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'My Rules,' 14 modern songs with a message for youth
Positive music can inspire, heal, uplift, and enlighten. That's what Craig Clifford and Aaron Edson have always believed and now they've released “My Rules,” a new album of 14 original pop, rock, and hip-hop songs that intend to prove it. In this audio interview Craig and Aaron talk about…
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'Simple Gifts' and 'Life Reflections' from Jason Tonioli
You might not know it from listening, but some of Jason Tonioli's hymn arrangements and piano pieces have come to him at unusual times and places; like while he was white-water kayaking or boarding a bus to leave a little town in Argentina he'd come to love. In every case though, they are…
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James Conlee's voice soars on his new album, "Sunday."
Mixing classical influences with sacred hymns, James Conlee sings new interpretations of beloved melodies from both worlds. At times he combines actual pieces as with "Abide With Me" and "Pachelbel's Canon," "I Often Go Walking" with "Claire De Lune," and others. James has performed with the...
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'We Are Amazing!' new music for children from Bobbi Hansen
Bobbi Hansen has always loved working with kids and music, but she was a bit daunted when she first felt the vision of a new musical project for kids coming into her mind and occupying her thoughts and feelings. Luckily for kids everywhere, she was willing to be brave and step forward in faith…
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Latter-day Saint mayor runs for President in Mali
A visiting legislator once asked Joseph Smith Jr. how he governed so many people with such order. Joseph replied, "I teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves." Joseph Smith was the mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois at the time and was later a candidate for President of the United...
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'Come Let Us Adore Him,' new album for Christmas from The Lower Lights
If you can picture a jalopy crammed full of thrift-store-clothing-clad carolers singing and playing hymns with acoustic instruments as they bounce merrily along through the snow under a winter moon, maybe you can imagine the sound of The Lower Lights on their cheerful new Christmas album without...
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"Christmas," warm and cosy new music from Tricia Storey
From tender to triumphant, you'll find all the moods of the Christmas season in this beautifully produced new holiday album from Tricia Storey. It's the kind of heart-felt work of art from a skillful and experienced artist you rarely hear any more in these days of glossy arrangements, one-song...
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'Good Tidings of Great Joy' celebrates the advent of Christ's birth all December long.
One of the most surprising things about Christmas is that the earliest Christians didn't celebrate it at all—it was just too pagan. Not long thereafter though, the human propensity to observe important events began to assemble a celebration like none other. In his new book on the advent, Eric D....
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Painting life in an upper room with Lee Bennion
Renowned painter Lee Udall Bennion has been partners in life and art with her husband, potter Joe Bennion, for 35 years. This Fall the Bennions and their family open their pottery shop and painting studio for visitors and shoppers on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving for a special sale…
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Pottery and Philosophy at Horseshoe Mountain Pottery
For over thirty years Joe and Lee Bennion have been husband/wife, potter/painter, river runner/camp cook and any number of other partnerships together. Every Fall the Bennions open their pottery shop and painting studio for visitors and shoppers on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving for a...
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'I Will Sing!' celebrates 20 years of LDS music in Japan
This native of Osaka, Japan, had never sung in public until he joined the LDS church and was serving as a missionary in Fukuoka. In the 20 years since, he's sung and written music with artists like Janice Kapp Perry, Afterglow, Kenneth Cope, Jericho Road and other, all in Japanese. This weekend...
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'Hymn Creations' new album from Michael R. Hicks
Thousands of LDS teenagers hear and sing his vocal arrangements every summer at Especially for Youth camps, but on this new album, composer and arranger Michael R. Hicks lets the instruments do the work. Hymn Creations runs the gamut of styles, featuring big celebratory arrangements like "Rejoice...
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'Believe. Hope. Endure." New music on CD for EFY 2011
From the hundreds of song submissions they receive, the producers of each year's Especially for Youth album winnow out the best for recording and sharing with the tens of thousands of youth who attend the annual summer camp. Producer Russ Dixon talks about the process of creating this year's…
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'Opening Isaiah," new on DVD from Ann Madsen
In this remarkable DVD shot on location in the Holy Land, beloved LDS scholar and educator Ann Madsen uses the land itself to introduce us to the images and poetry of Isaiah like few others could. The cinematography is often breathtaking and the computer-generated visit to Solomon's temple and…
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'Every Step,' new album from Hilary Weeks
Whether it's a monumental heartbreak or child with a mouthful of Mac 'n Cheese, songwriter Hilary Weeks seems to take her inspiration from every part of her life. On this new album recorded in Nashville, TN, you'll hear ten new songs from tender to jubilant -- like "Living Proof" and "Past the...
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"The Book of Mormon has Come Forth," new music from Janice Kapp Perry
It began with one simple hymn lyric by Bonnie Hart Murray and then became an entire album once she was paired with LDS composer Janice Kapp Perry. Bonnie and Janice tell about choosing the Book of Mormon people and events to feature in this new musical fireside and how they created the songs,...
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Healing at Mountain Meadows -- Mormonism's other 9/11
It begins like other 9/11 commemorations we’ve seen in the past, and on this day 10 years after the events of 9/11 the sounds of salutes and taps and the readings of the names is familiar. Except these names are from a different 9/11 altogether—September 11th of 1857, one-hundred and fifty-four...
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September 11, 2001: a brief audio remembrance by Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
It was October General Conference of 2001, just a few short weeks after the events that will make September 11, 2001 live forever in our minds. President Gordon B. Hinckley stood to share his views on the new situation and express his faith in the future. CLICK HERE to listen to this brief…
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'The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers' by Caleb Warnock
In his new book, author and journalist Caleb Warnock is likely to surprise you with the obvious — I mean, the pioneers did eat all winter, right? So what did they do differently than we do with our brief three-month garden season? Could we do it their way today? And why is cooking with "pioneer...
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"Abide With Me" the long-awaited hymn album from Daniel Beck
Fans of Daniel Beck's gorgeous voice will sit back and breathe a happy sigh when they hear "Abide With Me," his new album of hymns and hymn-like songs. It's just what they've been waiting for—and that includes me. Whether it's an ear-opening blend of familiar lyrics with unexpected old hymn tunes...
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Chieko Okazaki in her own words: a final interview
When I heard Chieko Okazaki had passed away earlier this month, my first glance was to my bookshelf where I saw the two origami cranes she made out of gold foil paper and presented to me during the one interview I had with her. When you hear what the symbolism of those cranes is you'll know why...
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"Father Lehi" award to be presented to Book of Mormon geography pioneer Dr. Joseph Allen
At the upcoming Book of Mormon Archeological Foundation conference in Salt Lake City, Dr. Joseph Allen and his wife Rhoda will receive the "Father Lehi" and "Mother Sariah" awards, recognizing those who have pioneered and expanded exploration of the Book of Mormon. While the exact geographical...
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"The Work" new music from The Nashville Tribute Band
It may be the third in their series of tribute albums, but this follow-up to "Joseph" and "The Trek" has the same strong sense of mission—in fact, it's all about missions, missionaries, their parents and families, and the people they find and teach. Nashville songwriter and producer Jason Deere...
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