The Gettys find much of their inspiration these days in their collection of old hymn books, which stands not far from the piano in the living room of their Nashville home.

I have to confess that my heart sinks when we sing a song in church that’s less than 30 years old. Hymns are one of the only remaining doors through which names, sounds, and words from the ...

An accomplished pianist, Diane enjoyed playing old hymns. Kitty cats and horses were her favorite animals, but her cat Scooter held a special place in her heart.

As gentrification, declining attendance and pandemic-era shifts reshape Brooklyn’s Black churches, choirs work to preserve music traditions.

NEW YORK (RNS) — Choirs that once packed Brooklyn sanctuaries now sing to smaller crowds as pandemic-era streaming lingers and gentrification reshapes Black neighborhoods.

Ruth’s circumstances are certainly unusual, but her thwarted ambitions, her sacrifices for family and church, compose a melody as familiar as a melancholy old hymn.

Old hymns, played with guitar, speak to people’s hearts. “Music touches people’s souls. They come up after the show with tears on their cheeks.” People are seeking that connection, Bonson said.

AN OLD SONG — “The Unclouded Day” is an old song that found new meaning at the first Cataloochee family reunion since Helene swept through the valley.

“Some of these old hymns were composed years and years ago, and those old hymns have sustained a people — many people.” Gentrification is another force reshaping Brooklyn. Between 2010 and 2020, Crown ...

By Coggin Heeringa --- Zion United Methodist Church invites the community to its cherished tradition, the Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing, on Sunday, August 31, at 5:00 p.m.