A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a pre-Civil War Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old American folk singing tradition that is as much about the music as it is the community. (AP Video/Jessie Wardarski)
Sacred Harp singers revamp an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a pre-Civil War Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old American folk singing tradition that is as much about the music as it is the community. (AP Video/Jessie Wardarski)