Rosamond Johnson. The former wrote the lyrics while the latter set the words to music and, in 1917, the NAACP began to ...

A late historian explores how crusade hymns told both the classic story of gospel salvation and the evolving story of ...

Rejoice, birth-giver of the aromatic balm of the King of all. Rejoice, O Bride unwedded, the world's salvation." The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem, which sings the praises of the Holy ...

A reconstruction of an African American praise house sits for now in the grassy field at the corner of Trinity Place and ...

Folk singer revives music believed to have been rejected by hymn book committees, after she found recordings in archive A trove of Welsh hymns believed to have been “cancelled” by all-male ...

Across the United States, the Catholic church is undergoing an immense shift. Generations of Catholics are increasingly ...

(L-R) Ecatepec, Chiapas, Michoacán and Ciudad Juárez. The cities of Chiapas, Ecatepec, Juárez and Michoacán have already released their music videos with songs welcoming Pope Francis during ...

They stumble upon the latter, who gives them an enigmatic record before being slain by Vadin, a man who belongs to a cult that was searching for the Black Hymn. The band chooses to perform the ...

But you might think it’s impossible for the lyrics in a harvest festival hymn to become out of date. “We plough the fields ...

Men and women have been singing hymns to their gods since the dawn of time, and likewise they have sung of things which are pleasant to think about such as fine days, romance, patriotism and so forth.

Jiva at Bikaner House by Sanya Malik’s Black Cube have a surreal set of trees painted over 15 years by the reclusive solitary ...