What AI exposes, and other music links

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• What AI Exposes About Our Songs and Our Souls -- “Can a soul-less artist produce a soul-full act of worship”
• The Case for Shorter Hymnals -- “The truth is, congregations love repetition. We all do, whether we know it or not. Repetition is what makes music music and what makes good music good music.”
• Styles – Sacred Harp Singing -- “...regardless of location or voices, Sacred Harp sounds unlike academic choral singing or gospel singing in which melody dominates and harmony embellishes and supports it.”
• Shape-Note Singing in Mississippi: A Preliminary History -- “Sacred Harp singing in Mississippi, especially in Calhoun, Chickasaw, Webster and adjoining counties, has long been identified by a unique practice not found elsewhere: the use of seven syllables (doremi) to name the four shaped notes.”
• Scripture References found in Hymns. New Lists -- “I have begun to create a cross references between hymns and Scripture which those hymns reference.”
• Sacred Harp Museum Catalog -- “Listing of items held at the Sacred Harp Museum, Carrollton, Georgia.”
• ‘Sacred Harp Singing’ Goes Gay: Should You Mark and Avoid? -- “The other is the Cooper revision, known as the ‘Blue Book,’ published by the Sacred Harp Book Company, which is the older of the two and which has not (yet) been hijacked by the queer contingent.”
• Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music Resources: Tunebooks, Music Books, and Hymnals -- “This guide focuses on music stylistically related to that in The Sacred Harp tunebooks but not on shape-note gospel music.”
• Rethinkin’ Our Thinkin’ -- “The first 15 pages of Rethinkin’ Our Thinkin’: Thoughts on Sacred Harp ‘Myths’.”
• Jamie MacDonald, Christian pop singer -- “Jamie MacDonald was among the new class of Artists named to watch as Spotify presented the rising stars of 2026.”
• Gon’ Act Like A Preacher, Ride From Town to Town -- “This article is an initial ‘testing the water’ on a subject in earlier African American song which has rarely been considered in print up to this point in time – the preacher in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.”
• Be Still, My Soul -- “Two gifted women from two different countries gave the English-speaking world this beautiful hymn of comfort.”
• Approaching 150 -- “The first 15 pages of Approaching 150: A Brief History of the East Texas Musical Convention and Sacred Harp in East Texas.”
• Anchor Hymns Makes Old Things New -- “The group’s tagline, ‘songs that will outlast us,’ nods to its mission to offer the church newly composed songs and newly arranged hymns that feel both historically rooted and forward-looking.”
• An Argument for Heartier Hymnals -- “Allowing room for growth means having songs you can grow into, as well as songs that fit your people currently.”