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 ...

WILSON TOWNSHIP, MINN. – The last time the Catholic church here faced an existential threat was on New Year’s Eve 1935, when the church was set ablaze. Not even a trace of its sacred vessels was found ...

Around 1224 C.E., while recovering from an illness, St. Francis of Assisi penned one of the most celebrated hymns in the Christian faith. In “Canticle of the Creatures,” the founder of the Franciscan ...

side 1: Standard Male Quartette. The Hymns of the Old Church; side 2: Contralto solo. Sweet Hour of Prayer (United Record A254). 78 rpm. Recorded in 1906 and 1907, released in 1908. Re-issue of ...