At the funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a South Carolina state senator who was killed in the church shooting in Charleston, President Obama broke from his eulogy to sing ‘Amazing Grace,’ a song ...
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network announces "Song & Story: Amazing Grace," a new original film debuting Tuesday, December 21 at 9pm EST/8pm CST starring Bresha Webb ("Run The World") and Getenesh Berhe ( ...
Star Studio recently sat down with costars Bresha Webb and Getenesh Berhe, and executive producer Dr. Holly Carter of Relevé Entertainment, to discuss their upcoming film “Song & Story: Amazing Grace.
AMAZING GRACE: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn. By James Walvin. University of California Press. 216 pages. $19.95. When President Obama sang “Amazing Grace” at the funeral of the Rev. Clementa ...
Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99 A short but fascinating book by James Walvin, a professor at the University of York and an expert on ...
"Amazing Grace" is on its way to becoming one of Tennessee's state songs. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate voted unanimously to pass a bill making the 1779 hymn the 11th state song. The bill, ...
BRADENTON, Fla. — Allie Luther has always loved the iconic hymn of faith, 'Amazing Grace.' “It just feels like love,” said the Bradenton mother of two. “She and I sing it and we cry. It just feels ...
There’s a new musical coming to Broadway this summer about the true story behind the creation of one of America’s most popular songs. “Amazing Grace” will begin performance June 25 at the Nederlander ...
John Newton was a British sailor who once worked on slave ships but later turned his life around. After surviving a violent storm at sea, he felt a deep change in his heart. He left the slave trade, ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Amazing Grace” is touching and beautiful, an apparent hymn of emancipation woven into the fabric of African-American ...
The post Classic Album Review: Jeff Buckley’s Amazing Grace Built His Indelible Legacy appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Other than his looks and his vocal range, Buckley took little from his ...
John Pedersen and his wife, Judy Kaufman, longtime proprietors of Amazing Grace Music in San Anselmo, watched 40 years of memories disappear Thursday morning in a crunch of wood and a cloud of dust.