Gospel music is a distinctive American cultural force that initially grew from Black spirituals in the early 17th century.

Pastor Dale Ciceron and Psalms of Praise won the inaugural Move On Up gospel sing-off June 8 at Monmouth University.

Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music’s “Rain Down on Me,” featuring Kierra Sheard & Chandler Moore, roars in at No. 1 on Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Gospel Songs ...

GOSPEL’s hour 2 explores the Golden Age of Gospel — the dramatic explosion of Black sacred music and the segregated highways of the American South — through the successful careers of Mahalia ...

Gospel music has its origins in the hymns, spirituals and sacred songs found in Afro-American culture in the 18th and 19th Century. Gospel songs were originally sung by African slaves. Lyrics ...

August 25, 2024 • The Rev. "Singing" Sammy Lewis was dubbed the Crown Prince of Gospel for recordings like "Jesus Paid It" for Vee-Jay Records.

James Brown set the standard for dynamic live performance in American music. Inspired by preachers in the Black church, Brown started out singing in gospel quartets. As the "Godfather of Soul," he ...

The city of Peoria is hosting a free three-part workshop series on the history of American music through the lens of gospel, ...

Today (October 17), American Songwriter ... a re-work of that song. The version on the album was stripped down and had Dobro on it. This one’s almost got, like, a gospel thing to it,” he ...