The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, ... This is the first recording of "Amazing Grace" to the tune of "New Britain," performed in 1922 by the original Sacred Harp Choir.

Amazing Grace is a new original musical based on the awe-inspiring true story behind the world's most beloved song. A captivating tale of romance, rebellion and redemption, this radiant production ...

Amazing Grace was first recorded, under the name New Britain, by the Original Sacred Harp Choir in 1922. The blues pioneer Bessie Smith sang it as a young woman.

So I sang "Amazing Grace" because I knew that everybody would know a little bit of the song. And it calmed everybody down. And the next morning, Mark called me and said, you know, we've got to ...

“Amazing Grace”—250 years old this year—has been sung in churches and at funerals. It is a civil rights anthem, a civil religion anthem, a folk song, and a pop culture icon.

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.”The hymn first appeared in ...

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99. I n 2015 Barack Obama gave the eulogy at a funeral service in Charleston, South Carolina, for a black ...

Years later, ‘Amazing Grace’ would become well-known as the anthem of the civil rights movement, despite its author being a former slave trader. Across two centuries, there have been more than 20 ...

Amazing Grace was first recorded, under the name New Britain, by the Original Sacred Harp Choir in 1922. The blues pioneer Bessie Smith sang it as a young woman.