White rural entertainers began performing on newly established Southern radio stations ... the honky-tonk music of Ernest Tubb, the gospel soul of Mahatia Jackson, the shuffle beat of Louis ...
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department is trying to identify two suspects who stole a van that belongs to a Beaumont radio ...
The Nelons have recorded more than 35 albums and amassed over 20 Top 5 Southern Gospel radio singles for songs ... In 2016, ...
Carrie Underwood has launched a third SiriusXM channel that will play gospel and faith-based country music seven days a ...
If you’re over 50…well maybe 60… and grew up in the south, you’re probably acquainted with singer, song-writer, Ray Stevens. Known primarily for his humorous takes on southern culture, e.g.
His passion for Southern music has led to ... His early musical influences included Pentecostal gospel, local bluegrass bands, and the R&B he heard on the radio. He began his musical career ...
Dixon was a local celebrity on the Hampton University campus in the ‘90s and 2000s. He graduated in 1995, then led the ...
Phil Wickham, CeCe Winans, Brandon Lake and newcomer Forrest Frank swept the 2024 Gospel Music Association s Dove Awards, an ...
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 ...
The Texas Southern alum has starred in the BET+ drama, “Kingdom Business,” now in its second season, as Denita, a gospel superstar and music executive determined to protect her family’s secrets.
Bernice Johnson Reagon’s life offers us lessons to navigate an unjust world and work toward change. From her role as a Civil ...
LOS ANGELES - Georgia's very own "King of Soul," Otis Redding Jr., was honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star.