Since I started this blog and entered into the world that I inhabit, I have been interested in Psalm singing instead of the massive amount of hymns and music, mainly wall music, sung in today’s congregations. I mean, if we are looking for a track record, the Psalms have been sung for a few millennium, giving comfort to an unknown number.
Because of a comment left here, I have discovered a group, the Sons of Korah, which sings Psalms, although perhaps not in the traditional style.
I’ve noted my grappling with Psalm 148:
And of course, Psalm 137:
Anyway, you can find a few of their videos on Youtube.com, and the website above, you can download their songs (for a fee, of course.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Beautiful , what singing to the lord was meant to be and well, maybe the music, but very nice.. the words…not all this me, me, stuff we hear,now… singing naturally to the Lord.giving him the praise, not man…
Deb, I completely agree. I the more I listen to the Sons of Korah, the more I like them. Unfortunately, the cds are expensive and not readily available over here yet.
This music has been sung for generations and frankly, it is God-breathed.