Zero Church
In a time of national mourning and spiritual searching, Suzzy and Maggie  Roche offer a balm to soothe the troubled soul.Zero Church, a collection  of prayers set to music, grew out of the sisters' participation in a seminar at  Harvard University's Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, and was  originally set to be released on September 11, 2001. At that point, Suzzy wrote  "New York City," a musical meditation for the missing, the families of the dead,  and the heroes of the day. That particular piece joins songs based on  extraordinarily moving prayers of an AIDS patient, a Vietnam  soldier-turned-firefighter, a nun, a gay man remembering Matthew Shephard, and a former African  slave, among others. The Roches themselves sing like angels, and when they're  joined by DuPree, a veteran artist at the institute, you'll swear there's a  heavenly choir at work. Divine inspiration, and then some.--Alanna Nash