JOSH YOUNG: (As John Newton, singing) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound... MARTIN: I'm talking about "Amazing Grace." The story behind the famous hymn and the former slave-trader-turned-abolitionist ...

When Notre-Dame Cathedral reopened in 2024 after a five-year restoration, the ceremony featured some of the world’s most celebrated musicians — and a piece arranged by a lifelong Dayton-area resident.

A tale of romance, rebellion and redemption, the show follows one man whose incredible journey ignited a historic wave of change that gave birth to the abolitionist movement. John Newton, a willful ...

2023 is the 250th anniversary year of "Amazing Grace." It was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years. You know those songs that you just kind of know ...

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.