African-American Baptists, white Baptists from Appalachia and Presbyterian Scottish Highlanders are gathering at Yale University to celebrate a shared tradition. It's called line singing, and it's ...
A short documentary by Yale School of Music professor Willie Ruff about an almost-extinct tradition of Christian worship called “line singing” will make its screen premiere on Monday, April 22 at 7 ...
Jazz musician and Yale University music scholar Willie Ruff, who uncovered the links between 18th-century Scottish singing and black gospel music, has connected another group to the style: Native ...