He organized the Levites into groups dedicated to singing and playing music. This priestly praise and worship structure ...

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By the mid-1970s, Shakti was one of the biggest acts in international music, creating a new genre that came to be known as world music. “There we were—four musicians from varied backgrounds sitting on ...

Those reformers looked down on party-type music and activity. Singing songs of praise and joy didn’t start with pagan European winter festivals. The Old and New Testaments reveal a tradition of praise ...

The government will also introduce legislation which would establish protest-free zones around places of worship. The Victorian government has unveiled broad plans to crack down on protester ...

Hillsong United worship leader Joel Houston wants to explore worship music in new, creative ways. His latest project titled “amxnradio,” pronounced “amen radio,” aims to do just that. “I always had ...

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act of 1991, a statute that has ...

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Apple released iOS 15 in 2021, and that operating system brought a hidden feature to your iPhone called Background Sounds ... or under any podcast, music or video streaming app.

The petitions against the 1991 Act will be heard by a three-judge bench including CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar, and Justice KV Vishwanathan today. The Places of Worship Act, 1991, was first ...

The Supreme Court is all set to hear a crucial batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, on December 12. This Act maintains the status of religious sites as ...