Old Regular Baptists
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:34 am
Do we have any here?
A while back I heard Ralph Stanley singing "Village Churchyard" and it gave me actual chills. I ended up looking for that type of religious music and I discovered the Old Regular Baptists by way of Folkways Recordings.
They practice a lined-out hymnody where the preacher sings the first line and the congregation follows up with the next line, much longer and more elaborate. I was just wondering if anyone here attends a church that sings like this?
Here's a sample from Amazon:
A while back I heard Ralph Stanley singing "Village Churchyard" and it gave me actual chills. I ended up looking for that type of religious music and I discovered the Old Regular Baptists by way of Folkways Recordings.
They practice a lined-out hymnody where the preacher sings the first line and the congregation follows up with the next line, much longer and more elaborate. I was just wondering if anyone here attends a church that sings like this?
Here's a sample from Amazon: