Caedmon's Call band name meaning


They come from Houston, Texas and make folk and alternative rock music, these six men and one woman who operate under the name Caedmon's Call – mind you, they do all this with the subtitle 'as contemporary Christians'.


The poems of Caedmon are the earliest English poems the poet's name is known of. He once was a simple Anglo-Saxon shepherd and not even vaguely familiar with the art of song, but in a dream (so in one night only) he was taught to compose verse by the Supreme Being. 

Caedmons call band name meaning - Poet Caedman
Caedmon memorial in Whitby, UK

Such events are bound to have consequences: he became a monk and a competent and inspired poet.


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