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 ...

“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 ...

Here's a piece, courtesy EthicsDaily.Com and Religion News Service, about a denomination in its 100th year, with about 600,000 members. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) The National Primitive Baptists have been ...

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