NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks of Louisville Public Media about shape note singing and its influence across the American musical tradition.

The Raleigh Shape Note Singers meet every fourth Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House, 625 Tower St. The Durham Shape Note Singers meet every second Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at the First ...

MONTEREY — On Saturday, Monterey will get a taste of old time singing. Monterey's native son Peter Amidon will lead a Sacred Harp singing school at the Monterey Church. When Amidon first encountered ...

Surrounded by other singers arranged in a square, Judy Hauff rocks her feet heel to toe, rhythmically slashes the air with her arm and sings “Fa la sol la sol.” This is “shape note” music, an a ...

Groups of Sacred Harp singers are working together to revise their hymnal The a capella tradition uses shape-note music to sight-read songs from the hymnal's 554 options Families pass the musical ...

The "All-Day Singing" will include readings from "The Sacred Harp," from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and "The Shenandoah Harmony," from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. In between, there will be a potluck dinner. "Shape ...

About 30 students, faculty members and Providence residents gathered in the Steinert Choral Room last Thursday. The singers sat in a square — one voice part on each side — facing each other, with the ...

PITTSBURGH – Alexa Kay is a Quaker, a denomination which has embraced simplicity and shunned more extravagant forms of worship, even singing. Nevertheless, Kay likes to sing, and that’s what led her ...

BRATTLEBORO -- When the Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival kicks off at noon this Saturday, Brendan Taaffe will be one of the first voices heard -- he shares leadership of the Song Panel with ...

When Diane Ober sings shape-note music, she does it not to be heard, but to be singing. “You sing at the top of your voice, with your whole being,” she said. “It’s not meant to be a performance; it’s ...