NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks of Louisville Public Media about shape note singing and its influence across the American musical tradition.

In Minneapolis, my painting of "The Windsock Visitation" hangs prominently in the monastery of the Sisters of the Visitation, where it has been since the congregation commissioned it in 1993. The ...

UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare From herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles ...

Kent Stevenson was stumped when he was asked some 15 years ago to compose a gospel version of the Magnificat, a biblical passage set to music performed for hundreds of years as a grand choral and ...

As the third candle of Advent begins to flicker — a pink flame symbolizing joy — we hear Mary’s song in Luke 1:46b–55. It is known as the Magnificat, it is more than a hymn of personal gratitude; it ...

As Donald Trump's championing of classical architecture resurfaces the traditional-versus-modernist style debate, Lizzie Crook explores what the public wants from the way buildings look. His campaign ...

William R. Newell was a Bible teacher and assistant superintendent at Moody Bible Institute in the late 1800s. He had a great understanding of scripture and a strong desire to help others know God’s ...

Hymns are songs of praise and worship, often sung in religious settings like churches. They typically have meaningful lyrics, with melodies that are easy to sing along to. They have been an important ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the ...

Celia Florián from Oaxaca, Guillermina Ordoñez from Puebla, and Yara Muñoz Castillo from Tlaxcala are three traditional cooks who grew up among the aromas of maize, chilli, and beans… They learned ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 11 new hymns on Thursday, marking 48 songs so far in the church's new "Hymns — For Home and Church" hymnbook that have been ...