Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Singing helped young brothers Perry Jr. and Sterling Wright pass the time when arriving early to Sunday school. "Our Sunday school teacher, Rosetta Hill, happened to come in one Sunday, and we were ...

Fontella Bass, a gospel, blues and soul singer known to most of the music world as a one-hit wonder for “Rescue Me,” died Wednesday of complications from an earlier heart attack. She was 72. She had ...

Fontella Bass, a church choir singer in St. Louis who recorded as a soul singer for Chess Records and had a hit with "Rescue Me" in 1965, died Wednesday at age 72 in her hometown. She suffered a heart ...

For September 2017's second Guest Room Sessions installment, the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers are sharing a stripped-down version of their song “Something to Hold.” Readers can press play above to watch.

The sound of drums, piano chords, clapping hands and vocal riffs filled the Alice Millar Chapel on Tuesday during the “Gays and Gospel” event. School of Communication Dean E. Patrick Johnson and ...

Black people are spiritual beings, which contributes to our deep connection to gospel music. A 2021 Pew Research survey found that “belief in the divine is close to universal among Black Americans.” ...

Eighteen years into the game, the Unity Singers have been instrumental in spreading the gospel across the island. The group has earned its second Sterling Gospel Music Awards nomination in the ...

Don Cornelius, second from right, and the Staple Singers, in a 1974 publicity photo taken on the set ofSoul Train Wikipedia For too long now, the Staple Singers haven’t received the level of respect ...

Bishop Fred Jones' feet move more slowly on Mondays than they do on Sundays. His fatigue is due, in part, to his inability to stand stock still at a pulpit. In addition to spreading the word at the ...