The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.

The trio plays reinventions of old hymns, using their lyrics and beats but giving the songs an updated ... service at 11 a.m. Sundays. Pantano Baptist Church is hosting "The Not So Grand Old ...

Find peace and direction in the lyrics of Life Is Like a Mountain Railroad, a hymn full of hope for life’s journey.

According to gospel music legend Kirk Franklin, “For so long, the (musical) terms ‘Christian’ and ‘Gospel’ for many are code ...

The most popular hymn in America is shrouded in mystery, as oddly no one knows who originally composed it all those years ago ...

The more than 180-year-old compilation of sacred songs uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds.

(AP) — Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia ... King, revisions of the shape-note hymnal make space for songs by living composers, said Jesse P.

Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia ... King, revisions of the shape-note hymnal make space for songs by living composers, said Jesse P. Karlsberg, a committee ...

The American folk tradition is as much about the community as it is the music ... lyrics were composed by Christian reformers from England, such as Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley, he said. It was ...

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry ...