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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- "Spirituals," says Professor Roland M. Carter, who will direct the Huntsville Spiritual Chorale in Saturday's Spiritual Jubilee, "require an inner rhythm." Concerts this weekend ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - They are songs that tell stories of suffering, faith, and hope, but this part of American history that has existed for hundreds of years is in danger of slipping away. Negro ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - For nearly a quarter-century, the American Spiritual Ensemble has toured nationally and internationally with one mission - to keep the American Negro spiritual alive. “As a ...

Walking into a recent rehearsal of the New Orleans Black Chorale evoked thoughts of being in heaven and hearing soulful angels singing. “The beautifulness is the richness, the tonality, (that) we ...

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 ...

Negro Spirituals Heritage Day on Sunday, June 22, 2008, 3:30 PM -5:30 PM, at the West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA. Doors will open at 3:00 PM. Although unofficial, Negro ...

CRANFORD--The choir of the First Baptist Church of Cranford along with guests from the community and other churches will be hosting a concert of Negro Spirituals directed by Jacob Donald Walker, ...

A drawing of composer William Dawson in 1935 by Aaron Douglas. Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony, long neglected, has received a new recording. Stokowski conducted four back-to-back performances of the ...