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The Bluegrass Standard, 12/1/2024 - The Hillbilly Thomists: Faith Infused
Word on Fire Evangelization & Culture Podcast, 11/26/2024 - The Hillbilly Thomists - Fr. Justin Bolger
National Catholic Register, 10/25/2024 - Hillbilly Thomists Join Zac Brown Band on Stage
Theology of Home, 10/21/2024 - The Hillbilly Thomists and the Key to Culture
The Irish Rover, 10/9/2024 - Hillbilly Thomists Perform at Notre Dame
The East Tennessee Catholic, 9/21/2024 - Hillbilly Thomists bring bluegrass and Bible to Bijou
Fox News, 9/8/2024 - What a rollicking band of Billboard charting bluegrass-loving friars taught me about a life of faith
Georgia Bulletin, 9/4/2024 - Chart-topping Hillbilly Thomists perform in Georgia as part of ‘Marigold’ tour
RED-C Catholic Radio, 9/4/2024 - How Dominican Friars Became a Bluegrass (Americana) Sensation
Purposely Catholic Podcast, 8/28/2024 - Hillbilly Thomists Talk About Tour Life
Catholic News Agency, 8/14/2024 - Hillbilly Thomists perform for sold-out show following release of fourth album
The Bluegrass Situation, 8/13/2024 - BGS 5+5: The Hillbilly Thomists
Country Music News International Magazine, 8/2024 - The Hillbilly Thomists Interview
Deering Banjos, 1/2024 - Thomas Joseph White named Deering Artist
Catholic News Agency, Joseph Bakuras, 10/31/2023 - Hillbilly Thomists founding band member granted title of ‘master of sacred theology’
World, Myrna Brown, 3/10/2023 - Friars with fiddle tunes
America: Jesuitcal Podcast, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis, 10/2/22 - The Hillbilly Thomists on Bluegrass, Catholic culture and liturgical music
U.S. Catholic, Danny Duncan Collum, 9/30/22 - The Hillbilly Thomists put a Catholic spin on folk
Tokens Podcast, Lee Camp, 9/29/22 - Bourbon, Bluegrass, and the Bible: The Hillbilly Thomists
BC Torch, Peter Watkins, 9/29/22 - Preaching from the Banjo: The Spirituality of The Hillbilly Thomists’ Holy Ghost Power
Get Religion, Terry Mattingly, 8/28/22 - Hillbilly Thomists: Dominican brothers singing about the Americana ties that bind
Aleteia, JP Mauro, 8/9/22 - The Hillbilly Thomists play the Grand Ole Opry
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras, 8/4/22 - Nashville Dominican Sisters support Hillbilly Thomists on country music’s most famous stage
Tennessee Register, Katie Peterson, 8/2/22 - Pope Prep grad performs with band at Opry concert
National Catholic Register, Alyssa Murphy, 7/7/22 - Rockin’ Out With Dominican Friars: The Hillbilly Thomists Talk ‘Holy Ghost Power,’ Aquinas and Music of the Soul
Aleteia, J-P Mauro, 7/2/22 - ‘Holy Ghost Power’: New album from Hillbilly Thomists
Dappled Things, Bernardo Aparicio García, 10/4/21 — The Music of Heaven and Tennessee: An Interview with the Hillbilly Thomists
Review for Religious, Sr. Mary Ruth O’Brien, O.P., 10/1/21 — Dominican Preaching in Living for the Other Side
America Magazine, Mary Grace Mangano, 5/14/21 — Every song on the Hillbilly Thomists’ new album could be a homily (including ‘Bourbon, Bluegrass, & the Bible’)
RCF Radio, Arnaud Dernoncourt, 4/19/21 — Les "Hillbilly Thomists": des frères prêcheurs un banjo à la main!
Limite, Benoit Gautier, 4/1/21 — Chanter pour l’autre rive (print)
Bitno.net, Rašeljka Zemunović, 4/13/21 — The Hillbilly Thomist
Catholic News Service, Robert Duncan, 3/21/21 — Picker priest explains bluegrass appeal
Die Tagespost, Emanuela Sutter, 3/11/21 — Country-Musik, Whiskey und die Bibel
The Grotto Network, Maria Walley, 3/21 — Hillbilly Thomists Share What’s at the Heart of Their Music
First Things, Brandon McGinley, 2/15/21 — Bluegrass and the Bible
The Abbeville Blog, Casey Chalk, 2/8/21 — Hillbilly Thomists
Catholic Culture, Thomas V. Mirus, 2/1/21 — Interview with Fr. Joseph Hagan, O.P.
The American Conservative, Rod Dreher, 1/31/21 — The Hillbilly Thomists Are Back
Aleteia, J-P Mauro, 1/30/21 — The HillBilly Thomists’ second album hits it out of the park
Bluegrass Today, John Lawless, 1/27/21 — Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord video from The Hillbilly Thomists
Word on Fire, Andrew Petiprin, 1/27/21 — “Bourbon, Bluegrass, and the Bible:” The Hillbilly Thomists Hit Nashville
Aleteia, Fr. Patrick Briscoe, O.P., 12/11/20 — Hillbilly Thomists announce new album for 2021
Aleteia, J-P Mauro, 06/02/20 — The Hillbilly Thomists release "Sing Redeeming Love" from isolation
Grotto Network, 01/06/20 — The Hillbilly Thomists at Appaloosa Music Festival
America Magazine, Stephen Bullivant, 01/08/18 — Banjo-pickin’ for Jesus: the bluegrass music of “The Hillbilly Thomists”
The American Conservative, Rod Dreher, 12/13/17 — Hooray For The Hillbilly Thomists
Word on Fire, Matthew Becklo, 12/12/17 — Meet The Hillbilly Thomists
First Things, C. C. Pecknold, 12/12/17 — Bluegrass Preaching
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