This column was first published in 2016, and we are bringing it back for this Christmas season. There are about 6,000 known spirituals, sometimes called "sorrow songs." This extraordinary body of ...

Of the approximately 6,000 known spirituals, one of the smallest and most cherished subsets are those that deal with the Nativity narratives. The stories of the birth of Christ resonated with those ...

Christmas carols, like all hymns, tell the story of faith — and give worshippers a way to rehearse it year after year. In the Christian tradition, carols center the nativity: the birth of Jesus, Mary ...

Chanticleer welcomes the holidays with its beloved annual tradition, A Chanticleer Christmas. A selection of longtime audience favorites, including music from the Renaissance to joyful spirituals and ...

Songs often inspire people to reminisce, especially when it comes to holidays. Mezzo-soprano Cheryse McLeod Lewis performs “Then Sings My Soul Christmas” on Dec. 6 at Freedom Hall in Park Forest as ...

Walking into a recent rehearsal of the New Orleans Black Chorale evoked thoughts of being in heaven and hearing soulful angels singing. “The beautifulness is the richness, the tonality, (that) we ...