SINGING has provided a soundtrack to human history. Songs tell people about their past and their values. Ancient epics, which placed societies in mythic time, were sung or chanted. “I sing of arms and ...

Shape note singing is one of America's oldest musical traditions, and it is having a bit of a revival now because of an updated songbook. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks, ...

PITTSBURGH – Alexa Kay is a Quaker, a denomination which has embraced simplicity and shunned more extravagant forms of worship, even singing. Nevertheless, Kay likes to sing, and that’s what led her ...

Lemurs open mouths wider when singing higher notes They may tune vocal tract as trained human singers do Lemurs sing to mark their territories in Madagascar The singing also reunites groups and avoids ...