Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...

Debra James Tucker knows enough about gospel music to fill multiple hymnals, but no song can top “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.” “I sing because I’m happy / I sing because I’m free,” the chorus, written ...

Traditional hymns may be fading as churches look to contemporary music to attract younger crowds, but Dave Talbott is keeping the old music alive. Retired in September after 41 years as director of ...

Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing from the gospel top 40 list than sing old-time "Negro spirituals" or hymns from traditional hymnbooks.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - At the Last Chance Tavern and Grill last Tuesday evening, the joint got lively when the crowd started singing along to the old hymn, "Great is Thy Faithfulness." "Morning by morning ...

There was practically no room for the praise band. Sure, the altar at Asbury Methodist with its old-fashioned organ and choir loft was beautiful, but it went unused. For years it sat there. They ...

The growth of the Anglican Church in East and Central Africa has resulted in the loss of the church's singing traditions. Over the years, the church has come up with different tunes for its hymns. The ...

Directed by Evan Chancellor, the program at Cathedral Church of St. Paul will feature a mix of classical arrangements.

It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...

Thursday was the first Thanksgiving polka Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Hope, which is carrying on the tradition after ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.