More about community than religion, Senior National Correspondent Steve Osunsami profiles the unique hymns and peculiar ...

About a year-and-a-half ago, I went through a devastating breakup and, soon after, began a love affair with perhaps the strangest hobby an ex-yeshiva girl could imagine: Sacred Harp singing.

The Huntsville Collegium Musicum will present two concerts featuring Sacred Harp singing and Early American hymns on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at The Old Country Church at Burritt on the Mountain and ...

On Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community (WMSHC) will host their biggest annual event, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention, at Bombyx ...

Principally for 4 voices (SATB). Rev. ed. of: Original sacred harp. Denson revision, 1987 ed., 1987, c1971. "First compiled in 1844 by Benjamin Franklin White."--Preface. Shape-note notation.

Cerys Matthews visits Alabama to learn a sacred choral tradition. Widely practised before the American Civil War, Sacred Harp singing is currently experiencing a global resurgence. Show more Cerys ...

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 ...