William S. Pitts was an American composer and physician born in 1830 in New York. He demonstrated musical talent from a young age and began taking formal music lessons. He wrote the famous hymn The ...

Below, Billboard looks at five country songs that mention the Bible. Carrie Underwood earned a top 5 Country Airplay chart ...

Hozier, whose real name is Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, is an Irish musician born on March 17, 1990, in Bray, Ireland. He grew up in a creative family and started his music journey early, joining his ...

Sister Amiya spent 42 years as a teacher and has been a passionate composer of sacred music. The Bangladeshi religious has written lyrics for more than 100 hymns.

Josh Thompson has been making a name for himself in Nashville as one of country music's hottest rising stars. As an artist, Thompson has scored himself two big hits, including his recent single, ...

Inside the Hammerstein Ballroom's great double doors, beyond the metal gates and metal detectors, the three-story music venue's lights are turned down, the stage empty. A few people mill about, and to ...

One of the most thought-provoking songs on Eric Church's chart-topping, Grammy-nominated 'Chief' album is 'Country Music Jesus.' Co-written by the country star and Jeremy Spillman, the song laments ...

Even as he’s signed to one of Nashville’s biggest labels, Eric Church has amassed more than a little experience over the past nearly two decades in pushing back against the typical Music Row way of ...

Elvis Presley wanted to record this 1956 Smiley Lewis hit so badly that he rewrote some of its more scandalous lyrics just to ...