A Scottish church has voted to allow the singing of hymns and playing of musical instruments for the first time in 160 years, according to a report. The Free Church of Scotland, which split from the ...

Music discovered in a 500-year-old religious book in Scotland turns out to be “lost” score, researchers said. The University of Edinburgh Centuries ago in the rolling hills of northeastern Scotland, ...

CHURCHES in Scotland are being forced to use karaoke machines for the singing of hymns at services due to a lack of organists. A shortage of young people learning to play the organ has led many ...

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They're songs of joy, faith and hope, sung by congregations around the world as expressions of their religious belief. Now a new project by one of Scotland’s most pluralistic religious collectives, ...

Centuries ago in the rolling hills of northeastern Scotland, the sound of harmonized hymns echoing from chapels and cathedrals would mark the season of Lent. Some 500 years later, however, the musical ...