MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - If these singers were in a sanctuary or on the church grounds, you’d think you were at an old-time revival. But these voices, distinct in tune but united in harmony, are ...

As the Civil War battle at Petersburg, Va., began to rage on screen in the film "Cold Mountain," the haunting voices of shape note singers filled the theater, and I could feel the goosebumps jump up ...

The crowded room echoes with lilting voices raised in a simple, timeless song. There are no instruments, no audience. Just a chorus of four-part harmonies sung from a book that's as thick as a Bible.