"Black college choirs preserve beauty of spiritual art form" by Gannett News Service reporter Deborah Berry, posted on the February 18, 2008 online edition of the Sheveport Times, focuses on how Black schools have played a role in the survival of the spiritual. Ms. Jones contributed comments about their efforts.

In its June 12, 2006, edition, the Grinnell Herald-Register published an article about a presentation on "Secret Signals in the Negro Spiritual" given by Ms. Jones on Sunday, June 18, at the Grinnell Historical Museum, Grinnell, Iowa. The presentation focused on how songs such as "Go Down Moses" and "Steal Away" were used to communicate among slaves, especially those who travelled the Underground Railroad.

The April 9, 2004, edition of The Carolina Peacemaker covered one of my recent lecture-recitals on "The Gospel Truth about the Negro Spiritual," held in Greensboro, North Carolina. In the article, "Jones Tells the Gospel Truth," writer Ayodele Murphy remarks that, "Add the skills of a vocalist, a passion for performing and a love of research and you will have a few of the ingredients that make up Randye Jones." View the article.

I was profiled in the November 22, 2003, edition of Billboard. Writer Jim Bessman described Come Down Angels as, "the first fruits of her ongoing research of the history of 'art song settings' of Negro spirituals" in the article entitled, "Soprano Gives New Life to Spirituals." You can access the article through Billboard's Web site at www.billboard.com.

I was interviewed for an article in the October 2, 2003, edition of The Gazette. The article, written by the paper's religion editor, Linda Phelps, describes some of the challenges involved in the production of Come Down Angels. Ms. Phelps also wrote an article entitled, "Researcher Finds Answers to Negro Spiritualism Questions," for the June 6, 2002, edition.

The e-journal, MusicDish, published an article entitled, "The Art of the Negro Spiritual: From Cotton Fields to Concert Hall: An Interview With Soprano/Researcher Randye Jones," on February 4, 2003. The article was based on an interview with MusicDish assistant editor Anne Freeman. To read this interview, visit MusicDish.

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Musical Selections Performed by Randye Jones:
This Little Light of Mine by Hale Smith (with Francis Conlon, piano)
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me by Maria Thompson Corley (with Gregory Thompson, piano)
Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14, by Sergei Rachmaninoff (with Timothy Newton, piano)
Deep River by Harry T. Burleigh (with Timothy Newton, piano)
Calvary by Betty Jackson King (with William Tinker, piano)