Mahalia Jackson, Shirley Caesar and Thomas Dorsey were a few of the titans of Black gospel music, which flourished in the 1920s and '30s. Its faith roots are well-known but with lyrics imbued with ...

It is impossible to think of American music in this century without such Southern-derived forms as ragtime, jazz, blues, country, gospel ... at least the 1830s, when black-face minstrels began ...

"Big Freedia Means Business" is back for Season 2 and this time we'll follow Big Freedia as she embarks on her first gospel music album. Despite criticism and skepticism from her team, Freedia accepts ...

There was a benefit for SNCC McCormick Place in Chicago, that featured gospel ... studies. Black people reshaping their cultural ground. It doesn't matter to me if you write song lyrics, poetry, ...

Nick Cave discusses his new album, 'Wild God,' as well as the influences Elvis Presley, Kris Kristofferson, and Anita Lane have had on him.

In 1968, Gram Parsons of The Byrds befriended Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones and introduced them to many country songs. Phil Kaufman, a road manager, recounted how Parsons and ...

Picture a gathering of happy Black people ... There weren’t any particularly poetic lyrics or anything that would interest music snobs who conflate complex music with good music.

Mickey Guyton is on her first-ever headlining tour of intimate club dates across North America supporting her latest album ...

Gospel artist Angela “Myammee ... Tamela Mann Sexyy is currently on tour with Kodak Black, so it’s unlikely we’ll hear any new music anytime soon.

Two years after debuting the “Titanic” parody, Marla Mindelle says her new show, with Margot Robbie as a producer, may be her ...

Freedia, dressed all in black, joined the discussion and emphasized ... Big Freedia, back center, along with dancers and band perform a gospel song for students at the 25th anniversary edition ...

Waco gets a blast of live music with at least 10 regional/national acts shoehorned into Friday and Saturday nights, thanks to ...