spirituals
New projects offer churches ways to pay royalties on the spirituals they sing
By Adelle M. Banks — October 21, 2022
(RNS) — 'It seems to have picked up some steam within the last couple of years, particularly since the George Floyd murder,' said a spirituals expert about churches offering royalties.
Fisk Jubilee Singers continue to sing spirituals 150 years later
By Adelle M. Banks — October 6, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Fisk Jubilee Singers are artists and do not limit themselves to just Negro spirituals,’ its director said. ‘There’s versatility in our choice of music when we have celebrations.’
Faith, endurance of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer revealed in new biography
By Adelle M. Banks — October 5, 2021
(RNS) — ‘She used the Bible in many different ways,’ said Hamer’s biographer. ‘She used it to shame her white oppressors who claimed also to be Christians.’
Where have all the sad songs gone?
By Marty Duren — October 10, 2018
(RNS) — Though Ecclesiastes reminds us there is a time to mourn, many Protestant churches today experience few songs of lament.
African-American opera singer revives the songs of the shtetl
By Kimberly Winston — July 31, 2015
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) A 6-foot-tall African-American, Russell performs Yiddish songs from New York to Florida, from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, to full houses and wide acclaim.
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