Some claim music is rooted in our souls. Yet, if you've ever suffered through a tone-deaf friend singing along with the radio to one of your favorite tunes, you know that's not always true. When it ...
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Hutchinson will open its doors at 4 p.m. Sunday for its annual Hymn Festival. Following the singing, everyone is welcome at a German supper featuring bratwurst and ...
“Amazing Grace” as it appears in Ginny Hawker’s family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...
THE FRIARS of the Atonement in Garrison, Putnam County, wanted to do something extra special for the upcoming 100th anniversary of their yearly campaign for Christian unity. One day, out of the blue, ...
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 ...
It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...