Many people think they know the story of the hymn,"Amazing Grace." The commonly accepted narrative presents its composer, John Newton, a young English captain of a late 18th-century slave ship, as a ...

In 1990, Tim O’Brien joined country star and CMA Female Vocalist award-winner Kathy Mattea on the romantic “Battle Hymn of Love,” which set vows of eternal commitment to a gentle acoustic bluegrass ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New ...