Creativity Will Save The World (w Tom Willett)
Tom Willett’s roots go back to the counterculture of the 60s. He played bass in one of the earliest “Gospel Rock” bands (Sons of Thunder) and worked alongside artists such as T Bone Burnett, Tonio K, Mark Heard, The Choir, Sam Phillips, Phil Keaggy, and many others as an A&R rep, marketing man, and career coach. He has also spent decades as a teacher, helping college students as they sought to carve out meaningful careers as songwriters, artists, or future industry leaders.
Since his retirement from the industry a few years ago, Tom has been writing some amazing books – and on this special “12 Inch extended dance mix” 45 RPM episode of the podcast, which was recorded at the historic Well Koinonia Coffeehouse on Music Row in Nashville, we hear about his latest, Creativity Will Save The World: Toward A Spiritual Humanism – a short but powerful primer on the writings of Russian philosopher and activist Nicholas Alexandrovich Berdyaev. Whether you are an artist yourself or are simply interested in how our engagement with creativity and created things can shape us, this is critical stuff.
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Creativity Will Save The World (Tom Willett) Song List
Phil Keaggy & Rex Paul – Full Circle (Unplugged) (Chris Taylor remix)
Dave Perkins – Revolution
Chris Taylor – Melt Into Morning
MusicTellers (Keaggy, Gerber, Hayden, Jones) – Solidarity
MusicTellers (Keaggy, Hayden, Gerber, Jones) – Repercussion
MusicTellers (Keaggy, Hayden, Gerber, Jones) – Forest Bathing
Phil Keaggy & Friends – New Creation (with Jason Truby)
Phil Keaggy – March of the Clouds
Phil Keaggy & Friends – In The Moment (with Lawrence Juber)
T Bone Burnett – Power of Love
Phil Keaggy – In The Light Of Common Day (reprise)
Sam Phillips – Out of Time
Sam Phillips – Flame
Sam Phillips/Marc Ribot – Ribot Tripping Over Gravity
Phil Keaggy – Brother Jack
Phil Keaggy & Rex Paul – Full Circle (Unplugged) (Chris Taylor “All The Vibes” remix)
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Eric Earley (Blitzen Trapper) + Sacred Psychedelia on the Jukebox (w David Bunker)
DOE (plus Stevie Wonder on the Jukebox!)
Royce Lovett (plus Gospel Hip Hop on the Jukebox)
Audiofeed Festival Lineup Announcement and Interview
Terry Scott Taylor’s Beautiful Mystery
Natalie Bergman’s Jesus Music for a New Generation
Myron Butler and the Legacy of Andrae Crouch!
Andy Zipf Solo Acoustic Performance on True Tunes @45RPM
45RPM: Phil Madeira and Love Songs
Bruce Cockburn: Kicking at the Darkness for Fifty Years (and counting!)
From The Vault: Michael Been of The Call
Marc Byrd (Hammock, God of Wonders, etc)
Phil Madeira on Expanding Horizons
Kevin Max Considers Boundaries
See the full list of previous episodes HERE
