James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a ...

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 ...

Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist ... music committee. "That's credited for keeping our book vibrant and alive," Ivey said. First published in 1844 by West Georgia compilers Benjamin F. White ...

(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 ...