Church hymns and social beers: The science behind singing together

It was 2009. John Farnham walked on stage at the disaster relief concert for the most devastating bushfires in Australian ...
WAMC

Black Lung Disease Can't Keep Frank Newsome From Singing Hymns

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Our next guest, Frank Newsome, sings in a style that's one of America's oldest musical traditions - lined-out hymn singing. The hymns are sung a cappella with a ...
The Conversation

Church hymns and social beers: how Australia is reviving the magic of singing together

Wendy Hargreaves does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
KTVZ

A centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition is still soothing souls

It’s one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...
The Christian Century

Written by the oppressor, sung by the oppressed

At a 2015 service in memory of the nine people shot and killed at the oldest Black church in the South, eulogist Barack Obama began to sing. Vested clergy behind him and thousands of mourners ...