"The Sacred Harp" hymnal is beloved by those who sing it and carry on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old folk ...

Sacred Harp singers are not historical reenactors, he said. They use their hymnals week after week. Some treat them like ...

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a pre-Civil War Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It ...

The tradition of Watch Night remains in the ... “I call it ‘the Christian New Year’s Eve party’” Joyner said. This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Watch Night ...

says since the tradition's origin is not set in stone, neither is the day it's observed. "We usually do it New Year's Eve," Chef Christian Bell said. "We have a big kind of seafood fest with black ...

The tradition dates back to the Continental ... that organizes the day and chooses a theme each year. It’s largely rooted in Judeo-Christian beliefs, but is recognized as a day of prayer for ...

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a pre-Civil War Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old shape-note American folk singing ...