The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

“Lining out” is the practice of singing or stating the upcoming lines of a hymn for the congregation by a song leader or preacher. Typically, the words are stated quickly, and then sung in a drawn-out ...

August is a busy month for members of St. Annis Primitive Baptist Church in DeLand. There's the culmination on Sunday of the church's monthlong 128th anniversary celebration, and a Back-To-School ...

It’s an invitation to worship with no spoken word, just music. The Big Sing will welcome any interested singer to join in a choir of hymns on July 25. The free event is one of the first of its kind in ...

In 1983, Esther Burroughs penned some lyrics about keeping a Christian home and entered them in a Southern Baptist hymn-writing contest. Some time later, her husband, Bob — who had made a name for ...

CDR copy- Lined out primitive Baptist hymns recorded in Jeff, KY in Perry County, perhaps made by Jean Ritchie? Recorded in: United States, Kentucky, July 5, 1950.

“I’m not trying to be embraced by religious people,” says Chicago-bred, L.A.-based singer Sir the Baptist, his sincerity tangible even through the phone. “It’s not necessarily what the religious ...