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, ...

Read full article: Rain chances decrease this week in Houston as Saharan dust marches into the holiday weekend BREMEN, Ga. – “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on ...

Liberty Baptist Church, in the northeast Alabama town of Henagar, has cradled the sound of Sacred Harp singing for 110 years. There's no harp in Sacred Harp singing -- no instruments at all. Just the ...

“The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in four-part harmony, “The ...

You knew Chicago was a sanctuary for blues and gospel, but you’ve probably never heard of this rural-born musical tradition—even though it was probably America’s first ever. Sacred Harp music was a ...

Some two dozen chairs are placed in a square in the center of the room. Slowly they're filled with college students, professors, business owners and retirees, each ready to participate in a singing ...

The National Sacred Harp Convention in Birmingham is the only Sacred Harp event that lasts three days. It is a substantial workout for the vocal cords, but those who can't get enough Sacred Harp can ...

Since its publication in 1844, the shape-note tunebook The Sacred Harp has primarily found use in the nonsectarian venue of the singing convention. Around the turn of the twentieth century, however, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Local fans of Sacred Harp music will hold their annual Huntsville Sacred Harp Singing on Saturday, May 4, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Singers of all ages will meet this ...

BREMEN, Ga. — “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old — and all ages in between. Some ...