How voice memos helped bring an 1,800-year-old first hymn back to life
By James Tugwell

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sung would feature on Australian music charts 1,800 years later.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/oldest-christian-hymn-with-music-transformed-modern-song/105748690

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Religious and Sufi Music of Afghanistan: Structures, Functions, and Cultural Contexts
An overview of the structures, performance practices, and cultural roles of religious and Sufi music in Afghan society.
Read here: https://vocal.media/beat/religious-and-sufi-music-of-afghanistan-structures-functions-and-cultural-contexts

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via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oosBDFgPZhE

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University of Michigan Library: Collaborating on a Digital Music Archive: U-M’s contributions to the Sounding Spirit Digital Library. “SSDL is a digital library that documents a specific type of hymnody, songbooks and hymnals of sacred music from the American South. The books selected for SSDL reflect vernacular Southern worship from 1843-1932. They cut across different religious traditions […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/29/collaborating-on-a-digital-music-archive-u-ms-contributions-to-the-sounding-spirit-digital-library-university-of-michigan-library/

Los Angeles Sentinel: Rare Recordings of L.A. Choirs to Be Part of Baylor University’s Black Gospel Archive. “‘The Saviour Home Record Library,’ an anthology of Los Angeles gospel choirs in the 1960s, is being made available online by the Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center at Baylor University. Compiled by B-movie filmmaker Jim “Buddy” Ball, the 40-album set features tracks that […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/25/los-angeles-sentinel-rare-recordings-of-l-a-choirs-to-be-part-of-baylor-universitys-black-gospel-archive/

Maalem Mahmoud Gania - Aicha

A great record I haven’t had on in too long a time #gnawa #folk #MoroccanMusic #religiousMusic @vinylrecords #vinyl - from @hivemindrecords
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Sometimes it's best to chill out to some Jamaican cult music.

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Amazing Grace by John Newton Custom Melody Music Box

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Baylor University: Baylor University Awarded $2.48 Million Grant for Black Gospel Archive. “Baylor University has been awarded a $2.48 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative (RCII) to support a major expansion of the Black Gospel Archive (BGA) at Baylor University Libraries.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/08/baylor-university-baylor-university-awarded-2-48-million-grant-for-black-gospel-archive/