William S. Pitts was an American composer and physician born in 1830 in New York. He demonstrated musical talent from a young age and began taking formal music lessons. He wrote the famous hymn The ...
"Monday Morning Church," a Top 5 hit for Alan Jackson in 2004, addresses the potential conflict between two country music tropes: songs of Christian faith and tales of unspeakable loss. Jackson and ...
THE SONG OF THE LAMB is thus an insightful, in-depth look at the Catholic Church’s tradition of sacred music and its relevance today. It continues the work Cardinal Sarah undertook as prefect of the ...
A Facebook message and a cryptic text led songwriter Travis Meadows to his first writing session with country superstar Eric Church — a meeting Meadows describes as a “test run.” He impressed Church ...
When training preachers, I remind them that terribly delivered sermons do not do any lasting damage. If a message is confusing, badly structured, poorly ...
Inside the Hammerstein Ballroom's great double doors, beyond the metal gates and metal detectors, the three-story music venue's lights are turned down, the stage empty. A few people mill about, and to ...
The audacious live performer brought his rousing new radio single, "Stick That In Your Country Song," to the Grand Ole Opry House for a performance during the annual ACM Awards Wednesday night. The ...