Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing from the gospel top 40 list than sing old-time "Negro spirituals" or hymns from traditional hymnbooks.

Hidden deep in the hills of Appalachia, there's a tradition of worship music that has not changed since the 18th century. The hymnody is still practiced by congregations of the Old Regular Baptist ...

Take a moment to check out this YouTube of an old Baptist lining hymn, ... It took me years to realize that the infamous gospel blues recording from 1927, “Dark Was the Night, ...

The music ranged from southern gospel to black gospel to timeless old hymns. For those of us participating in the concert, ... Tickets will be available at Rye Hill Baptist Saturday beginning at 12:30 ...

Old Fashioned Hymn-Sing ... utilizing many of the old traditional hymns and gospel tunes," McGinley said. ... "I was born Baptist, raised Lutheran, ...

I have always drawn strength from old Southern gospel hymns. I was reared in the stone house that once belonged to my grandparents, and it stood beside that little country chapel my mama so loved.