Gospel Fest is set to take place on February 1 at Water Street Plaza in downtown Henderson.The event, which celebrates Black ...

The expansion will elevate Baylor as a national hub of Black gospel music and church studies, said Jeffry Archer, Baylor's library dean.

As Americans celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day, many spend time reflecting on his iconic ...

A Nigerian man has got tongues wagging after sharing the song sung by Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, the gospel singer who was caught ...

The decade between 1952 and the early 1960s was the peak period for the style of music we now call doo wop, after which it got dissolved into soul music, girl groups, and within pop music in general.

It’s a fact that Black woman are good at anything they put their mind to. This is why the world has witnessed them reign as ...

Longtime readers of the New York Times know that opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof can be prone to outlandish claims. Years ago he promoted the amusing idea that the biblical Jesus favored big ...

But then, also like some of us, perhaps you look back on the wealth of phenomenal songs the year gave us, and suddenly it’s: Come back, ’24, all is forgiven. Whether it was an unusually great ...

Randall’s own research has found that Black cowboys were critical in the creation of cowboy songs sung on the range. She found that when cowboy Jack Thorpe began to compile his collection of ...

How many ways can you praise the music of 2024? Well, as the late great Quincy Jones would say, find 100 ways, because it was a year of surprises all over the music map. It was an abundant year to ...

Whether you are looking for smooth R&B grooves or high-octane club hits, Black queer music artists dropped some ... End” with serpent’s earnest lyrics and midnight hour melodies.