In the movie Cold Mountain, news that the Civil War has started comes as residents of a small North Carolina town are charging through I'm Going Home in the music's rough-edged vocal style. American ...

An 1844 religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes to help people read music got a major update recently and it ...

Observing a Sacred Harp singing session is quite different from any other performance experience. Singers are seated in a large square facing each other, taking sides based on their voice range as ...

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 ...

Atlanta - More than 700 singers convened in Atlanta this month to celebrate the latest edition of the songbook at the heart of one of the country's oldest Christian music traditions. The Sacred Harp, ...