Dec. 24—As haunting harmonies drifted through the rafters of the third-floor attic chapel, echoes of the past rose and fell with the voices signing from the pages of an 1873 shape-note hymnal. The ...

Classical Host Laura Atkinson and Reporter Justin Hicks trace the American musical tradition of shape note singing from colonial America up to today in an emotional, and joyful sonic journey. Shape ...

Visitors to the 1820 Col. Benjamin Stephenson House in Edwardsville on Nov. 15 had a chance to take a musical step back in time. Shape Note Singers from St. Louis visited the historic home to enjoy ...

A style of singing from colonial times will be on full display at Edwardsville's 1820 Col. Benjamin Stephenson House this weekend. Shape note singing, also known as fasola singing, was popular in the ...

Standing inside the Laurelhurst Club in Southeast Portland, Karen Willard said some of her family members believe she’s in a cult. It’s not hard to see why. She and hundreds of others have arrived to ...

Shape-note singing is a rousing participatory style sometimes characterized as “the punk rock of Protestant hymnody.” Founded over 25 years ago by Smithies, the powerful sound of the weekly Tuesday ...

Open to all. Pizza and salad at the dinner break for the first 40 participants. The library singing offers a chance to experience this joyful, democratic, welcoming, inclusive, and uniquely American ...

When breathing becomes a daily battle, even the simplest acts can feel exhausting. Now, a new study has found the key to easing chronic breathlessness caused by lung disease: singing. Chronic ...

Maryville College’s annual homecoming celebration is just around the corner, with activities planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. According to a press release from the school, the weekend’s ...

Musicologist Angharad Davis of Australia leads the song she composed for the new edition of The Sacred Harp, "Radiance," in the center of the hollow square. (Lucy Grindon) Atlanta - More than 700 ...

Hundreds of singers from all over the world gathered recently in Georgia. They were there to celebrate recently the new edition of a songbook called "The Sacred Harp." As Laura Atkinson with the ...