Finding singing in the ‘backwoods of Alabama’ More than 20 years ago, Bridge Hill Kennedy was burned out by music ministry when he joined his sister-in-law at a Sacred Harp singing event.

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old American folk singing ...

Bahmer became fast friends with Lausevic. She once joined Lausevic, Eriksen and three students on a road trip to Alabama for a Sacred Harp singing convention. Sacred Harp singing was one of Lausevic’s ...

The more than 180-year-old compilation of sacred songs uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds.

M.L. Long leads Sacred Harp singers Nov. 24, 1980, at the S.E. Alabama & Florida Union Sacred Harp Sing in Campbellton, Fla. Peggy A. Bulger, State Archives of Florida ...

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old American folk singing ...