The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

George Linney once compiled a list of 300 church hymns he knew by heart, first verse to last. But his favorite was “Blessed Assurance,” the traditional and quietly elegant ode to the power of faith ...

It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...

'Amazing Grace' as it appears in Ginny Hawker's family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...