A Juilliard-trained musician, Hairston devoted her life to preserving spirituals and teaching and mentoring Bay Area singers.

"Spirituals" are the moving songs that were created by African-American slaves to both lament the horrors of life as a slave and speak to personal and religious values that offer hope. When slavery ...

Classical music, and in fact American history is incomplete without understanding the story that spirituals tell, or hearing their melodies that can wrench the heart, elevate the soul and stick in the ...

When Santigold emerged in the late 2000s, her hip alterna-pop seemed to waltz out of left field, incorporating elements of every genre she could put her hands on: punk, hip-hop, new wave, dub, and ...

I’ve talked about many spirituals in these articles that reflect the harsh conditions experienced by the enslaved. Many of the slave songs contain language that commented on their harsh treatment or ...

REV. KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, (Professor of Religion, Goucher College, and Canon Theologian, Washington National Cathedral): This is a very special evening of music, the music of the African diaspora, ...

An African American musical group in Michigan that's been singing spirituals since the Civil Rights era is about to give its final concert. A choir in Michigan's been keeping the tradition of African ...

Horace Clarence Boyer is a teacher, musician, director, performer, arranger, lecturer, historian and entertainer when he shares his knowledge of the origins of African-American sacred music. Even when ...

The lucky ones learned spirituals as children, from grandmothers whose own grandparents may have been slaves. Not only did they memorize “Wade in the Water,” but they heard how fleeing slaves trudged ...

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Funding for Great Performances: The Magic of Spirituals was provided by Leni and Peter May. Series funding for Great Performances is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the ...