Unlike the fleeting popularity of most pop songs, hymns and other religious music stand the test of time. Anyone worshiping in a Christian-denomination church over the past 100 years will know hymns ...

It was a celebration of their faith and the musical heritage that church founders had brought from Wales decades ago. “I love the singing in Welsh,” Jane Uhing of Nanticoke said afterward, as ...

Randall Sensmeier has spent decades playing the organ, composing music and leading congregations in song. But he has also been bringing to light new church composers and their work. The 74-year-old ...

When Twilah Fox goes to church, she the misses old hymns. "How Great Thou Art" and "I'll Fly Away" have been replaced by rock bands and contemporary songs at many churches. "They don't move your heart ...

The public will have the chance this Saturday to join voices in a sing-along of Handel’s “Messiah” on the 282nd anniversary of the beloved oratorio’s world premiere in Dublin, Ireland, on April 13, ...

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3 p.m. Sunday, March 1 / University Presbyterian Church, 1776 E. Roberts Ave. / www.svjago.org, (805) 591-9680 / Free At the Sing-Along Hymn Festival, presented by the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of ...

Geoff Little cannot quite pin down why singing centuries old hymns while drinking craft beer has resonated so well in Nashville, but people continue to pack into taverns and concert venues for the ...