Robbie Williams’ career spans decades, starting within the boy group Take That and moving into a hugely successful solo venture …

Sara Morgan, country artist and songwriter from Arkansas, has a great way of packing irony with truth and depth. Her …

It is 175 years since the grand master of piano music, Frédéric Chopin, died in Paris on October 17, 1849. …

Jeremiah 29:11-14“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “Plans for good and not for disaster, …

Found on Celia Farber’s Substack, we are offering this profound piece of music from Russia composed by late priest and …

What is really happening in North Carolina? Hurricane Helene took a very unusual path. Even days after the devastating event, …

Jason Anick is a favorite among some of the Solari team who know and appreciate him personally as a generous …

Gustav Mahler’s first symphony is, in our opinion, one of those compositions that should be heard in a live performance …

Our Music of the Week comes as a suggestion from a subscriber, and what a beautiful recommendation it is. We …

Even though they dropped out in the Quarterfinals of Season 19 of America’s Got Talent, this South African band of …

Catherine is on her home turf in Tennessee this weekend, meeting and greeting with our special Solari subscribers from the …

The great Czech nationalist composer Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904) wrote his Carnival Overture as the second of three overtures that …

In 1988, singer and songwriter Kelly Newton-Wordsworth from Western Australia gave her life to God and asked him to show …

Catherine is back in the United States (welcome home, Catherine!) and is taking to the road again on the great …

With Catherine speaking in Reykjavík, Iceland this weekend, today’s Friday music presents us with one of the most popular Icelandic …

Don’t we love the summer months, when we soak in as much sun and summer as we can to recharge …

Our music this week is determined by Catherine’s visit to Lake Constance and the Bregenz Festival. Last night, after an …

Four good-looking Italians with 10 virtuosic fingers each will make your nerve strings vibrate. Enjoy their live performance of a …

Anybody who understands these simple words in the Austrian-German dialect—“Heast as ned” or “Don’t you hear it?”—is immediately captivated. This …

Celebrating the great American day of independence on this 4th of July, 2024, we are choosing to honor the freedom …

Maria Callas was born in December 1923 to Greek immigrants in New York. The rest is history. The Callas was, …

This country and Christian music vocal duo was the real husband-and-wife duo, Joey and Rory Feek. The song they sing, …

Samuel Barber’s Adagio, originally written as part of his String Quartet and later arranged for string orchestra, is one of …

Austrian symphonic and religious composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was one of the profound innovators of the classic symphony and a …

The Solari Team is celebrating and we are dedicating our Music of this week to two very special occasions. One …

Beautiful Katica Illényi is an outstanding Hungarian violin player, singer, and theremin player who graces our music selection for this …

Seven weeks after Passover (Easter), it is the festival of Pentecost, also known as Whitsun—White Sunday—in the Anglican church. It …

It is called “crossover” when an artist or music genre appeals to different types of audiences. Adele—deservedly acclaimed as one …

The Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach are a pinnacle of music that almost all important pianists have tried to …

Our music choice this week wants to put another spotlight on Tennessee singer-songwriter Jennifer Niceley, who we featured in January …

The war machine is churning again, crunching our assets, our loved ones, our precious time and attention, and our plans …

This week, let’s enjoy some wonderful 1920s music rolling over hills of daffodils in April…. “April Showers” is a song …

Teenage Dutch singer Emma Kok floors the entire audience during André Rieu’s annual Maastricht concert in July 2023. The song …

It is Good Friday, the day of the Passion of our Lord and a profound event for the Christian believer, …

We have a particularly fascinating piece for our Music of the Week; both the composition and its delivery are unique …

Asked about the writing of this famous Beatles hit and our choice for Music of the Week, George Harrison said: …

Jewel Kilcher and Dolly Parton, two superstars of American music, are both daughters of musical parents and singing families. Jewel …

Rediscovered among the Haverlin/BMI Collection of hundreds of original and rare musical manuscripts and scores donated to the Harvard University …

There is a profound warmth and joy of life that oozes from traditional Greek rebetiko music. It almost inescapably brings …

Xerxes was a grand Persian king (and Pharao of Egypt), probably best known to many as Ahasverus (a distorted pronunciation …

Tracy Lee Lawrence is a Texas-born country music singer living in Tennessee. He has had numerous songs listed in Billboard’s …

“Óró, sé do bheatha abhaile” is a traditional Irish ballad. Its origins have been lost, but it goes back at …

“When I was inspired to write this music, I knew it had to be simple and I knew it had …

Our Music of the Week is a song from one of Catherine’s favorite movies ever, the Swedish production As It …

Freedom and water are two of the themes that matter most in current Solari commentaries. Our Music of the Week …

There are a number of compositions in musical history that were attributed to the wrong author. This famous “Ave Maria” …

Let memories of 2023, and expectations for 2024 be cherished in the presence of those we love. For auld lang …

“Silent Night” was born in Austria. It was one of those cultural miracles of human history that created an indelible …

With Catherine traveling to Milan and Paris, we are offering Giuseppe Verdi’s musical contemplation of Mary Queen of Angels as …

Handel composed the Messiah, an English language oratorio, in 1741 within only 24 days! It is one of the most inspired works of …

December music at Solari is dedicated to celebrating Advent and Christmastide. “Advent” means the “arrival” or “coming” and is the …

If you go on a shopping spree in the streets of Dublin these days, chances are that you can hear …

Originally from Iceland, Kaleo is a rock band of four grade-school friends from a town near Reykjavik, who in 2015 …

Michael Sanchez and the Shadow Mountain Choir and Orchestra are performing one of the leading worship hymns to come out …

At the age of 28 and with only four albums released so far, Colter Wall is already a legend. There …

(Please switch on subtitles) “It’s time to wake the women from the beauty sleep, the heart of Mother Earth is …

The Sanctus is a central part of the Christian eucharistic liturgy within all Christian denominations—Eastern, Orthodox, Catholic, Oriental, Ethiopian…. It …

Our Music of the Week revisits one of the choicest pieces of jazz that has ever seen the light of …

All of Eva Cassidy’s (1963-1996) recognition as “one of the most unique, hypnotic, and powerful singers of all time” (producer …

My! Britain’s really got talent. Apart from being quite touching to watch his little boy running onto the stage being …

I first heard the Pie Jesu from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem in 1985, soon after it premiered, on a radio …

Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons—a collection of four violin concertos from 1725—do not need a special introduction, as they were and …

This coming week celebrates the beginning of a New Year according to the Jewish liturgical calendar. In all traditions around …

Last week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City convened for its yearly Symposium. It was the 46th year of the …

When Catherine travels, she has a wonderful habit of weaving cultural highlights into her itinerary. No work trip without concerts along the way; no gathering …

We love the summer months. Let’s soak in as much sun and summer as we can to recharge our batteries of confidence, warmth, and resilience. …

Here is one of those love songs that simply couldn’t have been done better—manifesting the sacred surrender and total transformation of perception that being in …

Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor died of unknown causes at the age of 56. For our Music of the Week, we chose a song from her …

“The best-selling piano recording in history…” is nothing less than the famous 1975 Köln Concert by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Jarrett was a child …

Last week, Jane Birkin was found dead at her Paris home. She was 76, with her death coming as a surprise to many fans who …

July is the greatest time in Finland. The days are 23 hours long, and in the far north, the sun never really sets. All Finns …

Christian singer and Grammy Award-winner Victory Boyd was supposed to sing the national anthem at last year’s opening NFL game in Tampa, Florida, when the …

“Sunshine, she’s here, you can take a break…” Summer’s arrived! C’mon out into the sun and feel that feeling. Nothing better for a great mood …