When William Elliott Whitmore first emerged with his 2003 death-folk magnum opus Hymns for the Hopeless, he cast an immediate spell over the alternative-folk cognoscenti. Since then, the haunting Iowa ...

In a recent concert at First Church Congregtional in Cambridge, MA, vocal ensemble Musica Sacra sang folk hymns and canticles from two regions that, at first blush, don't seem to have a whole lot to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Greg Boardman will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on ...

That’s how Stephen Caracciolo, artistic director of the LancasterChorale, describes the program for An American Mosaic, the chorale’s upcoming concert of American folk songs, hymns, spirituals, ...

Carol L. Krumhansl, Jukka Louhivuori, Petri Toiviainen, Topi Järvinen and Tuomas Eerola This study of Finnish spiritual folk hymns combined three approaches to understanding melodic expectation. The ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for Latin America to care for its poorest and most marginalized, those who have been “enslaved” and exploited by an economic system that he said treats them ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is celebrating an important Latin American feast day with a Mass featuring Argentine folk hymns. The Argentine pope has praised the "Misa Criolla," one of the first Masses ...

This weekend one Scandinavia’s best jazz combos, Atomic, rolls into town for Friday and Saturday shows at Constellation. I wrote about the quintet’s latest album in my concert preview, but its members ...

Vatican II allowed the presence of “the music of the people” at Mass. Folk music, the music that is indigenous to each of the various nations of the world and to the ethnic cultures found within those ...