The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

Andy Ditzler stands in the center of a hollow square, "The Sacred Harp" formation in which singers organize into four voice parts and face each other to create an opening in the middle, at Holly ...

Chattanooga Primitive Baptist Church will hold a centennial celebration this weekend with events today and Sunday. Today, services will be offered at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with lunch provided in ...

BREMEN, Ga. — Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, never straying far from their copies of “The Sacred Harp” and its ...

Unity N Praise Singing Ministry will celebrate their 17th anniversary at Hall's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, 611 East Monroe St., on Sunday Aug. 7, at 5 p.m. SALISBURY — Unity N Praise Singing ...

Isaac Green, 34, flips through his personal copy of "The Sacred Harp," a shape-note hymnal linked to a more than 180-year-old American folk singing tradition, at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church ...

It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...