Recognition and recompense: New projects offer churches ways to pay royalties on the spirituals they sing
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how US churches are joining initiatives which not only aim to bring recognition to the unnamed creators of spiritual songs but also to raise awareness of programs that teach and sing spirituals and have not received sufficient financial support…
The Interview: Fisk Jubilee Singers continue to sing spirituals 150 years later
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Paul Kwami, musical director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers about how the ensemble began, who should sing spirituals and which of the songs are his favourites…
ESSAY: THE POWER OF SONG IN A STRANGE LAND
In an article first published on The Conversation, DONNA M COX, professor of music at the University of Dayton, looks at how songs known as spirituals evolved amid the horrors of slavery…
SIGHT-SEEING: WHERE HAVE ALL THE SAD SONGS GONE?
US writer, pastor, and runner MARTY DUREN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, wonders where all the songs of lament have gone…