Religion professor T. David Gordon says Muzak has shaped singing in church. In his new book, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns (P & R Publishing), T. David Gordon argues that modern worship choruses have ...

Some claim music is rooted in our souls. Yet, if you've ever suffered through a tone-deaf friend singing along with the radio to one of your favorite tunes, you know that's not always true. When it ...

Stephen Jones currently works as a professor in the School of Music at BYU. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in music composition from BYU and a master's and doctorate in music composition from ...

One Sunday some time ago, I was browsing through Spotify playlists — gospel and blues from the mid-20th century, mostly. At times I find myself wishing for a little more variety in the religious ...

While churches praise God from whom all blessings flow, they don’t praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Trinity almost never comes up in the songs sung by American Christians, according to a new ...

Traditional hymns may be fading as churches look to contemporary music to attract younger crowds, but Dave Talbott is keeping the old music alive. Retired in September after 41 years as director of ...

If Benito Mussolini had dialed in on NBC’s short wave lengths last week, he might have heard Italy’s greatest conductor direct some uncomfortably prophetic music by Italy’s greatest composer. On ...

The harpist Elizabeth Hainen doesn't speak Mandarin. The women featured in Tan Dun's "Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women," an orchestral and cinematic portrait of an ancient feminine script and ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban this week on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in their lyrics as well as a ...

Three-quarters of a century ago in Portland. Maine, a fierce form of religious fervor overtook a hardshelled Yankee named Andrew J. Johnson. Seeking out his young brother-in-law, Johnson accused him ...