The Raleigh Shape Note Singers meet every fourth Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House, 625 Tower St. The Durham Shape Note Singers meet every second Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at the First ...

In the movie Cold Mountain, news that the Civil War has started comes as residents of a small North Carolina town are charging through I'm Going Home in the music's rough-edged vocal style. American ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks of Louisville Public Media about shape note singing and its influence across the American musical tradition. Shape note singing is one of ...

Shape note singing is one of the oldest musical traditions in this country. It’s a practice that began in colonial America, and after centuries of ups and downs in popularity, today it’s finding an ...

The Sacred Harp, a book of religious tunes first printed in 1844 is getting an upgrade. And shape note singers who use it are very excited. People who perform a traditional style of American music ...

Groups of Sacred Harp singers are working together to revise their hymnal The a capella tradition uses shape-note music to sight-read songs from the hymnal's 554 options Families pass the musical ...

BRATTLEBORO-- All are welcome to sing shape note music at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, Nov. 15, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.. Shape note singing is powerful, a Capella singing in four part ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Surrounded by other singers arranged in a square, Judy Huaff rocks her feet heel to toe, rhythmically slashes the air with her arm, opens her mouth and sings -- ``Fa la sol la sol.'' ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Surrounded by other singers arranged in a square, Judy Hauff rocks her feet heel to toe, rhythmically slashes the air with her arm, opens her mouth and sings -- ``Fa la sol la sol.'' ...

When Diane Ober sings shape-note music, she does it not to be heard, but to be singing. "You sing at the top of your voice, with your whole being," she said. "It's not meant to be a performance; it's ...

BRATTLEBORO -- All are welcome to sing shape note music in the Community Room of the Brattleboro Food Coop on Sunday from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Shape note singing is powerful, a cappella singing in four-part ...