PostClassical Ensemble (PCE) rings in 2023 with a new stirring program for chorus and orchestra that celebrates the universal expression of the human spirit through music. "Amazing Grace," perhaps the ...
You know those songs that you just kind of know? You sing along without even thinking about the lyrics. Well, we're going to explore the history of one of these songs today. It's heard around the ...
GARTH BROOKS: (SINGING) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I'm found. Was blind but now I see. When we've been there 10,000 years, bright shining ...
Many people think they know the story of the hymn,"Amazing Grace." The commonly accepted narrative presents its composer, John Newton, a young English captain of a late 18th-century slave ship, as a ...
Fifty years ago this week, Aretha Franklin went into a Missionary Baptist church in Los Angeles and recorded a transcendent two-LP album that became a landmark of American music. “Amazing Grace” went ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The McCrary Sisters sing a unique style of gospel; influenced by classic soul, ...
On this day (October 16) in 2016, Randy Travis took his rightful place in the Country Music Hall of Fame. The induction was a highlight in a legendary country music career. In the three decades ...
Alexander Hamilton, who died Jan. 28 at age 77, was a conductor and arranger who was able to add “movie star” to his credits in the last years of his life. His work on Aretha Franklin‘s 1972 “Amazing ...
Born on August 4, 1725, Newton grew up without any specific religious convictions. Forced into the naval service at age 18, he attempted to desert his ship. After being severely beaten on board, at ...