Podcast host Shawn Roney shares what's new with Sacred & Secular, the music collective he founded, and muses briefly on his decision to include Randy Newman's work in the collective's repertoire. 

Notes: 

• Music featured: "St. Adele's Waltz," composed by Shawn Roney, performed by Sacred & Secular, included on the forthcoming album "In Solitude"; "Silent Night," music by Franz Xaver Gruber,  included on the Dec. 10, 2020, episode of "Ray County Voices."
• Here are some links to the outside material under consideration for recording by Sacred & Secular:  "Suzanne," written and performed by Leonard Cohen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svitEEpI07E; "Burn On," written and performed by Randy Newman, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUo4AzZ90qg; "Angel from Montgomery," written and performed by John Prine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cagWYTGCY;  "Jesus," written by Lou Reed, performed by the Velvet Underground, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7MztmsG7E.

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