© Photo provided by St. George Greek Orthodox Church, New Castle, PA and used with permission. "Rejoice, unfading rose. Rejoice, the only one who budded forth the ...

"Bill Monroe, often called the father of Bluegrass music, established the classic Bluegrass sound - high, pure tenor voice, powerful mandolin solos against the banjo background. Bluegrass remains ...

A modern reworking of an ancient hymn, a vast acoustic, and a deeply moving video. A few years ago, an Icelandic indie-folk group walked into a train station in the German city of Wuppertal and ...

(Hymnology Archive, and Treasury of Hymn Histories) Gabriel edited 35 gospel song books ... According to his obituary he was “seventy six years old and had been a cripple many years in which ...

Around 1224 C.E., while recovering from an illness, St. Francis of Assisi penned one of the most celebrated hymns in the Christian faith. In “Canticle of the Creatures,” the founder of the ...

For generations, gospel music has been a vital source of strength and resilience for Black Americans, sustaining them through ...

They seized control of the Southern ... bishop's old church followed them. So did Don and Clariece Paulk, as well as D.E.'s sister, LaDonna. D.E. finally had a new church and a new message: "The ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

It has been said that as the trains carrying the boxcar loads of Jewish men, women and children to their deaths in the gas chambers passed by German churches the churches played their hymns more ...

and resurrection of Christ have made it the model modern hymn. “The Gettys don’t mince words about what Christ did for us,” said Jim Ouse, a repeat Sing! attendee. The 82-year-old ...

Beyoncé 7-year-old daughter, Rumi ... “From our instruments to our Southern gospel hymns, the genre began with us. Over the ...