(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.’ (RNS) — A ...

For the first time, traditional Negro spirituals will be sung as an opera, when Seattle Opera hosts the world premiere of “Jubilee,” on October 12. You can listen to the music and the story of how ...

One of the largest and most significant forms of American folksongs, the Negro spiritual, has a long history in America, but how do these religious songs relate to the music heard in the Black church ...

Standing at the pulpit Sunday, light streaming in through the stained glass windows behind her, United Parish Minister of Music Susan DeSelms began to sing. “This little light of mine…” she started. “ ...

It’s brooding, deep, and moving. But it also has an important history when considering the devastating history of the American slave trade. Let’s dive in. The spiritual song “Wade in the Water” is ...

(RNS) — Zion Earle, a member of the youth choir at the Hamilton-Garrett Center for Music and Arts in the Roxbury neighborhood, sings Negro spirituals like “My Lord! What a Morning” at concerts in the ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with historians and experts to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Kenyatta D. Berry is genealogist and lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in ...

The American Spiritual Ensemble is bringing the history and soul of American Negro spiritual music to Boston in their first tour of the Northeast. “I call it the 'mother music.' It's the music that ...