A $2.48 million grant from the Lilly Endowment is expected to help Baylor University expand its Black Gospel Archive and ...

Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I ...

Black people are spiritual beings, which contributes to our deep connection to gospel music. A 2021 Pew Research survey found ...

Angela Williamson talks with Travis Johnson, lead singer of the Afro-Folk Gospel ... group black magic that we hear today? Yes, because that that living gets poured back into the music and express ...

NOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF GOSPEL MUSIC TRADITIONAL BLACK GOSPEL. WE’VE GOT URBAN ... BUT A LOT OF TRADITIONAL OLD TOWN GOSPEL IS WHAT WE DO. I LIKE THE MIX. RIGHT? OH, YEAH.

Buddy King's band had several hits in the 1960s and helped integrate popular music. The band was known for its version of ...

"I felt like I could always, even if I was in school for music, I could always ... Her grandfather, 94-year-old Elder Goldwire, sang with the acclaimed Savettes, a gospel group out of Philadelphia.

A young Jimmy Carter was no stranger to gospel music growing up in the small rural town of Plains, Georgia during the ’20s and early ’30’. He heard it sung by Black tenant farmers working on ...

at Manchester High School in the parish. Under the theme ‘Honouring the past, Embracing the present, Reshaping the future’, the event showcased the transformative power of gospel music while ...

She saw the 3-year-old banging on his aunt’s keyboard and singing the gospel song “Oh Happy Day.” She remembers her aunt ...

It’s another relatively quiet week in New Orleans, unless you’re a fan of classic rock cover bands. In that case, you’ve got ...

Dr. Michael White is the beloved New Orleans clarinetist leading the Original Liberty Jazz Band. He's also a composer, ...