Providing a 75-minute journey into the wondrously vivid and idiosyncratic music known as sacred harp (or shape-note) singing, Awake, My Soul tells the story of what may be America’s oldest musical ...

Awake, My Soul is the firstdocumentary film to explore the centuries-old tradition of shape note (or Sacred Harp) singing, a stunning, four-note gospel practice rooted in the American South. The ...

Sacred Harp singing-- essentially American spiritual music favoring populism rather than exceptionalism-- continues to take small steps away from the hollow square thanks to excellent work like the ...

Mumford & Sons have performed their 2009 classic ‘Awake My Soul’ with The Office star Ed Helms in Los Angeles – check out footage of the performance below. Dawes joined the band to perform for ...