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 ...

August 4, 2024 • Sterling Glass and the Metropolitan Singers are best known for their dramatic, 5 ½ minute version of the old spiritual, "Mary, Don't You Weep." ...

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.

It’s safe to say that almost no one in the audience at “The Big Gay Jamboree” gives a rap about dramatic structure and ...

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 ...

Johnny Cash has become the first musician to be honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol, joining presidents such as Ronald ...

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.

It was the biggest night locally for gospel music as the 8th annual Sterling Gospel Music Awards went down on Saturday night inside Emmanuel Apostolic Church on Slipe Road in Kingston. Singer Jai ...

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 ...