Sacred Music (genre)

Musikfest Café at ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem has been pretty aggressive lately about announcing its upcoming shows, but there are at least two coming up they haven’t told you about, and which aren’t on the venue’s website yet. So we'...

For anyone who didn’t read it when Lehigh Valley Music announced Monday that Rusted Root and Leigh Nash of Sixpence None The Richer will be playing Musikfest Café at ArtsQuest Center at SteetStacks in Bethlehem (was there anyone who didn’t.......

Leigh Nash’s voice has been so impressive over the years on Sixpence None The Richer songs such as the 1990s hits “Kiss Me” and “There She Goes” that it’s startling to hear her perform at a quality any less than......

Everyone except those directly involved in the wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton have been kept in the dark in regards to the dress, the cake, the music and the honeymoon. In today's paper we had a guess at what music the couple might...

The labyrinthine Arab-style medina of Fez, Morocco’s historical capital of trade, culture and religious life, was a remarkable space for the 16th Annual World Sacred Music Festival June 4-13. The expansive and diverse event, with about 60 performances,...

Self-conscious and embarrassed at times about her Jewish identity as a child in the Soviet republic of Ukraine, Vicky Glikin didn't embrace the beauty of Judaism until she became a teenager. Ukraine had discovered religion. She had discovered her...

MOST California schoolchildren learn the basic facts about the state's mission history in the fourth grade. Established from 1769 to 1823 by Franciscan monks from Spain to spread the Roman Catholic faith among the area's Native American population, the...

St. Paul's United Church of Christ (UCC) in Somerset has a rich history steeped in music, and endeavors to build and expand on that tradition. Bryan Lohr, who serves as director of music and organist, works tirelessly to augment worship services and the...

The Mt. Union Sacred Harp Singers from the greater Rockwood area will present a vocal program 7:30 p.m. April 23 at the Folk Meeting House, 1711 Springs Road in Springs. The Sacred Harp is a haunting form of shape note hymn singing with deep roots in...

St. Anne's Church in Annapolis was filled last weekend with the miraculous sound of the Annapolis Chorale Chamber Chorus, joined by the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra and six guest soloists for two great performances of Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B-...

The Laurel Highlands Chorale will present "Songs for the Season," in two concerts, one at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Somerest Church of the Brethren, Plank Road, and the second is a a dinner concert at 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Coal Miners Cafe. There is a...

WHEN ASKED why he set Christian hymns to barroom ballads, William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, had a ready answer: "Why should the devil have all the best tunes?" Booth, who could have written the book on marketing religion, believed the best...