From gold rush towns to Mardi Gras parades, brass and concert bands have been the musical backbone of Australian communities ...

The poem is spoken by a man who feels rejected, unlucky, and full of self-pity. He compares himself to others and feels jealous of their success. However, when he thinks of someone he loves, his mood ...

E,” and “Til I Can Make It on My Own,” Tammy Wynette became one of the most recognizable voices in the genre. Some of the ...

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...

Gisèle Pelicot discusses her memoir A Hymn to Life at the Royal Festival Hall, chaired by Samira Ahmed and attended by other celebrities.

Adeste fidelis (Ives’s mistaken Latin, or was he confused with Sousa’s Semper fidelis?) is a haunting piece that starts with the tune inverted then superimposes both forms. The near slapstick of the ...

The vibrations of vocal cords fill your ears well before you step inside Evergreen Cemetery’s historic chapel. What magnificent choir is this, you wonder, singing so powerfully it operates like ...

The Chester River Chorale spring semester, under the direction of Artistic Director Alexis Ward and Assistant Director Stephanie LaMotte, launches January 12. Where Voices Meet is a powerful ...

Standing inside the Laurelhurst Club in Southeast Portland, Karen Willard said some of her family members believe she’s in a cult. It’s not hard to see why. She and hundreds of others have arrived to ...

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, ...

HAMBURG — They came from near and far. They came by car and bike. Some were new to the event, and some had been attending since they were children. They were Brethren, Mennonites and other forms of ...