Songs of survival, defeat and hope swept through cotton fields in the antebellum south. Slaves used them to navigate a brutal ...

The Museum of Christian & Gospel Music is designated as a site along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, announced by the ...

Oakland’s own Father of Gospel, Hawkins, still influences 21st century music with his Grammy-winning hit "Oh Happy Day," as ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...

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Walk into the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton as service begins, and the very first sound you’ll hear is music. “We welcome you,” the five women of the Joyful Praise choir sang on a recent rainy ...

Gospel music is more than just a genre; it is a spiritual experience that transcends time and space. For centuries, believers have turned to gospel music to deepen their faith, find solace in ...

GOSPEL’s hour 1 follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music. GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister ...

Melissa Wade won the 2022 Stellar Award for "Gospel Announcer of The Year." It's a gospel group that's been around since 1926 and which is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There have been different ...

No city has played a larger role in the emergence and nurturance of gospel music than Chicago, so listeners here – and beyond – have ample reason to applaud the release of “The Gospel According to ...