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Hosted by Brian Moats · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 42 episodes
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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.
Brian Moats hosts Audio Deacon, a music show with 42 episodes published.
This week I’m spending time with Charley Crockett’s Clovis , a cinematic country and western record full of dusty landscapes, outlaw tales, dangerous young men, and hard-earned wisdom. Crockett draws deeply from the grea
This week I’m bringing you two records that move in very different directions. I begin with Office Dog’s Prime Corner , a punchy and lived-in indie rock record full of jangly guitars, garage-band energy, and lyrical imag
Nathan Letourneau’s That the Powers of Hell May Vanish brings hymns into a gritty, hard-rock setting without losing the weight and beauty of the words. In this brief recommendation, I reflect on the album’s guitar work,
This week I’m bringing you three records that feel like fresh air. I begin with Jack Johnson’s SURFILMUSIC, a warm and charming collection of soundtrack pieces, early four-track recordings, and simple folk songs that sou
This week I’m joined by Andrew Dittman — baritone, choirmaster, composer, and the man behind The Kyrial Project — for a rich conversation about chant, harmony, congregational singing, and the recovery of serious sacred m
This week I'm bringing you into my current listening life. No final verdicts, just first impressions worth sharing. I introduce two artists I've been loving: GLIN, a whistle-and-guitar duo from Scotland making Celtic fol
This week, we have a talk I recently gave at The Arcadian Wild and The Corner Room show in Birmingham. It's a short piece on what music is, where it comes from, and why a room full of people gathering to listen together
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
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
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 Br
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
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 beg
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 pa
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
In today's episode, we're taking a look at Paul Hillier's great album of gratitude, Home to Thanksgiving. The Audio Deacon App! https://app.audio-deacon.com/ Use code audiodeacon3 for 3 free months! ________ Listen to th
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! https://app.audio-deacon.com/ Use code audiodeacon3 for 3 free months! ________ Listen to the Albu
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 Apple Music Spotify Madison Cunningham: Ace App
In today's episode, I'm briefly discussing introducing pop and rap to children, along with a huge announcement! __________________________ Links: The Audio Deacon Substack Twitter Facebook We live in a world of music bec
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 Apple Music __________________________ Links: The Audio Deacon Substack Twitter Facebook We liv
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 Apple Music __________________________ Links: The Audio Deacon Substack Twitter Facebook We live in
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