It was 2009. John Farnham walked on stage at the disaster relief concert for the most devastating bushfires in Australian history. He belted out You're The Voice to 36,000 people at the Sydney Cricket ...

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Hutchinson will open its doors at 4 p.m. Sunday for its annual Hymn Festival. Following the singing, everyone is welcome at a German supper featuring bratwurst and ...

Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will hold a hymn sing on Sunday, July 12. Thew Elliott, director of liturgy and music, will lead the 10:30 a.m. worship at the church, 14 N. May St. The Rev.

New hymnals, a.k.a. “Worship Books,” are forthcoming from numerous church bodies, including two Lutheran groups (among them my own ELCA). Having studied none of these books, I write with vincible ...

Seven houses of worship in La Porte County have come together as Faith and Community United. The group, which formed earlier this year, presents Singspiration: A Community Hymn Sing on Oct. 23 at La ...

As people of Jewish faith observe Passover this week on Zoom, for Christians it is Holy Week, ending with Easter Sunday. Music is at the core of many religious rituals. Because of the COVID-19 ...

*Although screen monitors are used these days, I remember the interaction while sharing a hymnal and singing together with the person next to me in church – pointing out each stanza on each staff to ...

The melody that changed Keith Getty’s life was first scratched out on the back of an electric bill in a humble flat in Northern Ireland. This isn’t great, he thought at the time. But it was the best ...

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 ...

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 ...