At 28 years old, musician Matthew Smith is not following the latest trends in popular music. Instead, his style of music is from the old school - the really old school. At first listen, Smith's music ...

A few years ago, a group of us who love old time gospel music got together and created a community-wide gospel concert. The event was originally called Gospel Fest and the first concert of this type ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The pop/rock band Jars of Clay reached back a ways for inspiration on their new album "Redemption Songs." Shades of U2 maybe? The Beatles? Elvis? Keep going, say, a few hundred ...

Looking back at the painful and difficult history of being Black in America, religion has always been an important cultural and spiritual backbone — constantly sustaining and replenishing the ...

%27In Christ Alone%27 a favorite new hymn with youth Gettys write songs as lasting testament They want their music to connect with souls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most songwriters in Nashville want to get ...

Although shape-note singing has been called White spiritual and White gospel singing, the system was adapted by certain African-American congregations in the South during the 1880s using texts of ...

Not long ago a radio speaker declared that a good Bible hour is better than a dozen sermons. One may be justified in saying also that a good evangelical hymn is better than much of the preaching one ...

For several years the members of the regional band known as Spatial Effects had been kicking around the idea of recording a bluegrass gospel album, but juggling the schedules of five people with ...

A phone with the new hymns displayed is posed on top of a physical copy of a hymn book. Christopher West said hymns are like prayers to Heavenly Father. (Kiana Aquino) BYU students shared their ...