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 ...

Home Free won NBC’s a capella group competition The Sing-Off in 2013 by wowing viewers with their impeccable harmonies. Three years later, the group continue to impress listeners with their cover ...

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99 A short but fascinating book by James Walvin, a professor at the University of York and an expert on ...

Amazing Grace might be the ultimate song of redemption, steeped in two centuries of black history, but its writer had also been a slave ship captain. There is no shortage of versions of Amazing Grace.

Landon Jones was the Managing Editor of People magazine from 1989 to 1997. When President Obama turned to the soaring lyrics of Amazing Grace to comfort the grieving families in Charleston, South ...

Shepherd Smith of Fox News reported that the crowd could be heard singing "Amazing Grace" at Brussels Airport this week as they stood near a sea of flowers, candles and flags, brought to honor the ...

What do Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday, Woodstock, a Barack Obama speech, Coal Miner’s Daughter, Fannie Lou Hamer’s civil rights marches, The Grand Ole Opry, and American churches have in common? It’s ...

DULUTH — A long-time Canal Park fixture known for the food and live music it has brought to the community announced plans to close at the end of this month. The Amazing Grace Bakery and Café, at the ...