Debra James Tucker knows enough about gospel music to fill multiple hymnals, but no song can top “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.” “I sing because I’m happy / I sing because I’m free,” the chorus, written ...
Karen Lafferty is known for her work in Christian music, with this song becoming one of her most iconic pieces. Lafferty’s music often blends contemporary Christian themes with personal, relatable ...
Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing from the gospel top 40 list than sing old-time "Negro spirituals" or hymns from traditional hymnbooks.
Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.
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Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I ...
The Negro spirituals : plantation songs and jubilee songs, 1600-1870 -- The gospel songs : gospel hymns, historical gospel, and traditional songs, songs of Tindley, Dorsey, Campbell, and others, ...
After the emergence and growing presence of Christian praise songs on Sunday, some modern hymn writers are looking to go retro. According to NPR, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty of ...
%27In Christ Alone%27 a favorite new hymn with youth Gettys write songs as lasting testament They want their music to connect with souls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most songwriters in Nashville want to get ...
Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...