Morning Music

This song, "Baba Yetu," is a version of the Lord's Prayer in Swahili; it was written a few years ago for the video game Civilization IV, but Christopher Tin, the composer, put a new version of it on his Calling All Dawns CD, which came out this past year, making it eligible for a Grammy. It was nominated for the Grammy in "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)," the first piece of music for a video game ever to be nominated for any Grammy at all, and won. (ht) The actual lyrics come from an a capella version sung by Stanford Talisman, who sung the (somewhat livelier and instrument-backed) version on the game; but this one is sung by the Soweto Gospel Choir.

There are very few songs that do a better job of starting your morning right.