Kum Ba Yah is an African-American spiritual, most likely dating back to the eighteenth or nineteenth century. The first known recording of it dates back to 1926, and was a pretty upbeat version of the song that, since then, has become a more prayerful meditation. The phrase “kum ba yah” is a linguistic variation of …
Tag: worship song
"Worship song" is a term generally applied to more contemporary music use in church services. It's difficult to create a completely accurate definition, since worship music spans many musical styles. Perhaps a convenient descriptive phrase is "not hymn", but this also is inaccurate since some worship songs are well-known hymns set in a modern stylistic musical context.