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

"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 Christian hymnal called “The Sacred Harp” is at the heart of a more than 180-year-old American singing tradition that is as much about the community as it is the music.

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 ...