Category: ·Recordings & Media
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Ireland’s Fire Draw Near podcast’s latest episode, Episode LXIII: Shape Note Singing in the United States, offers a richly textured exploration of Sacred Harp and related traditions, grounded in two recent interviews with practitioners Howe Pearson and Sasha Hsuczyk. It traces the evolution of shape-note singing—its roots in 18th- and 19th-century America, its migration from…
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Below are YouTube streams for forthcoming United Sacred Harp events. As I will be at the events, if these links change, I may not be able to make adjustments. You can find current live stream links here: https://www.youtube.com/@sacredharpmuseum8890/streams Symposiums Friday 12th All-day symposium featuring presentations about the making of The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition Singing…
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COMING SOON! “Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp,” directed by Matt & Erica Hinton, originally aired on PBS in 2008. Using the latest technology, the makers have remastered the film for a new release, featuring the following improvements: Completely remastered, Upconverted from SD to HD, Deinterlaced, Partially re-edited, New archival materials, Never…
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Pilgrim Productions’ Voices Across America, originally curated by June Lydic, is being restored by Kyle Johnston on Bandcamp. It offers free access to unique shape-note recordings and preserves their documentary value.
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The Sacred Harp Publishing Company announced tunes from the 1991 Edition that won’t appear in the upcoming revision, evoking nostalgia and excitement. Jeremiah created a video compilation of these departing tunes for appreciation.
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The documentary Wayfaring Stranger explores the Scots-Irish influence on American music, particularly highlighting shape-note singing’s roots in British vocal traditions, enhancing cultural connections.
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Judy Hauff’s How Sweet the Minutes, a 1996 recording of 42 shape-note tunes from Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, is now available for streaming and download on Bandcamp. Originally recorded in 1985 as a personal project to explore Sacred Harp singing, the tapes were later discovered and edited for release. Hauff performs all four vocal…
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We’re thrilled to share the launch of a new project that aims to capture the beauty, history, and community of shape-note singing: Singing the Shapes, a feature-length documentary currently in development by filmmaker Timothy Morton. The project now has a live fundraiser at https://gofund.me/8a9825ce, and your support can help bring this important film to life.…
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In the 1982 documentary Shouting Song, director Jean Youngblood Albright captured a number of Sacred Harp singings across Alabama—some large and formal, others intimate and deeply local. Among them is a segment filmed at County Line Church in Warrior, Alabama, identified onscreen as the Walter Parker Birthday and Charlie Creel Memorial Singing. The event isn’t…
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Now available as part of Songs for the Holy Other We’re proud to share a new video recorded at the Second Monday singing in Baltimore: a heartfelt performance of Love Astounding, a hymn by Jeannette Lindholm set to the beloved tune Holy Manna. This video is part of the Songs for the Holy Other project,…