PITTSBURGH – Alexa Kay is a Quaker, a denomination which has embraced simplicity and shunned more extravagant forms of worship, even singing. Nevertheless, Kay likes to sing, and that’s what led her ...

Area singers find meaningful sounds in shapes Paul Waterman might not recommend sitting in a church pew for exercise -- unless you want to join him for a session of shape-note singing. Last week, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 24—As haunting harmonies drifted through the rafters of the third-floor attic chapel, echoes of the past rose and fell with ...

The Sacred Harp, a book of religious tunes first printed in 1844 is getting an upgrade. And shape note singers who use it are very excited. People who perform a traditional style of American music ...

All are welcome to sing shape note music on Sunday, May 17, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 16 Bradley St., Brattleboro. Shape note singing is powerful, a Capella singing in ...

White folks aren’t known for rocking out in church. The reserved, monotonous singing of old hymns and church pipe organs seems more likely to gently roll you back to sleep on Sundays. Ahhh-mehhhn. But ...

An old religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes for people who can't read music got a major update and is attracting younger singers. Hundreds of singers from all over the world gathered in ...

Visitors to the 1820 Col. Benjamin Stephenson House in Edwardsville on Nov. 15 had a chance to take a musical step back in time. Shape Note Singers from St. Louis visited the historic home to enjoy ...

Shape-note singing is a rousing participatory style sometimes characterized as “the punk rock of Protestant hymnody.” Founded over 25 years ago by Smithies, the powerful sound of the weekly Tuesday ...