VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for Latin America to care for its poorest and most marginalized, those who have been “enslaved” and exploited by an economic system that he said treats them ...

Surrounded by other singers arranged in a square, Judy Hauff rocks her feet heel to toe, rhythmically slashes the air with her arm and sings “Fa la sol la sol.” This is “shape note” music, an a ...

Traditional songs in dub, Irish keening with touches of Yoko Ono and shape-note hymns with sound-processing were among the year’s records renewing an ever elusive genre More on the best music of 2024 ...

When William Elliott Whitmore first emerged with his 2003 death-folk magnum opus Hymns for the Hopeless, he cast an immediate spell over the alternative-folk cognoscenti. Since then, the haunting Iowa ...

It’s no wonder many of the church’s great prayers and meditations have been set to music through the ages. Comforting, convicting and inspiring verses are made even more stirring and memorable with ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Greg Boardman will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on ...

Houston Symphony violinist Alexandra Adkins chats with us and shares tracks from her new CD Offering. The album contains four of her favorite classical violin sonatas, plus traditional folk hymns and ...

The 12-string guitarist Sarah Louise and fiddler Sally Anne Morgan (Black Twig Pickers, Pelt) understand that folk music is a music that moves forward, as old hymns and songs passed down are just as ...