When I asked my dad what songs he sang in church during the war, he explained that with his native Netherlands under Nazi occupation, worshipers couldn’t sing anything that smacked of ...

Don't judge a book by its cover — or a choir by its name. The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton is far more than a choir that sings just madrigals. If you need proof, check out Sunday's 3 p.m. concert ...

You can sing them either with just the chant, you can put a small accompaniment from the organ underneath them, you can sing them without the organ, you can add 'faux bourdons' which is four parts on ...

One of my favorite sources of laughter is the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Briefly put, the British comedy is based on the story of King Arthur and his quest for the Holy Grail, the ...

Some claim music is rooted in our souls. Yet, if you've ever suffered through a tone-deaf friend singing along with the radio to one of your favorite tunes, you know that's not always true. When it ...

The psalms have long been a mainstay of Christian liturgical singing. While these songs of the Hebrew Bible first expressed the relationship of Israel to the God of salvation, Christians have heard in ...

There’s just something about Gaelic psalm singing that moves me. It doesn’t matter where I am. If I hear it, it just brings me back to my youth in Staffin. It brings me back to happy events … and very ...