GOSPEL’s hour 1 follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music. GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister ...

For generations upon generations, Gospel music has been a cornerstone in the Black community. Getting us through slavery, segregation and the modern day trials and tribulations of being Black in ...

How music convinced a religious skeptic to rethink faith. By Santi Elijah Holley Before I began listening to gospel music about 12 years ago, I was not the most obvious candidate to become a fan of ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) —The interplay between song and sermon — and the importance of both in Black churches — is the focus of a new docuseries created by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. “Gospel” premieres on ...

Executive Director Steve Gilreath has gathered donated items as well as attic finds for new museum. Museum and Hall of Fame will encompass all genres of Christian and Gospel Music from rock to country ...

DEFENSE IS TO SLOW DOWN, ASK QUESTIONS, AND NEVER ACT ON IMPULSE. A LOCAL AUTHOR AND MUSICIAN IS CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH THROUGH MUSIC ONE. NEEDLESS PAIN WE BEAR. THE MARY PAXTON STUDY CLASS ...

Dawn Scruggs knows all about the power of gospel music. As the director of the Metropolitan Chorus and a devout member of her community she has seen how the music can move people to tears or to act — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) Richard Smallwood, a singer-songwriter and pianist who became a chart-topping stalwart of ...

Viewers without cable can watch the 40th annual “Stellar Gospel Music Awards” live and on demand for free by using streaming services that offer BET, including Philo (7-day free trial) and DirecTV ...