Obsessive record collectors—the kind who love to unearth lost or forgotten artists, not the kind who own every last Nirvana bootleg—tend to take a dim view of the canonical history of recorded music.

Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings are found in the music sung, and passed down, by enslaved people in ...

In his new documentary Machanic Manyeruke: The Life of Zimbabwe’s Gospel Music Legend, filmmaker James Ault reminds us of the effervescent worship culture that thrives across Christian Africa. So much ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Scattered in crates, dirty and difficult to read, the gospel music of composer Charles Henry Pace sat packed away, unorganized — and unrealized — for more than 20 years. Frances Pace ...

Mary and Joseph dance instead of speak, the heavenly host wear African garb, and the good news about Jesus is told in gospel songs in Mike Malone’s adaptation of Langston Hughes’s 1961 work.

On Sunday, Feb. 22, the First Baptist Church of Medford will host an interactive presentation on the African roots of the Gospel music tradition led by accomplished Medford musician, Henry Taft Cobb ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” explores the history and influence of Black religious music. For Black Music Month, host Stephen Henderson talks with Rev. Larry Simmons of Baber Memorial AME Church and ...

Six choirs, including the SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir and Cortland A Cappella, will raise their voices in celebration at the 25th SUNY Cortland African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 7, ...

Four guest choirs will raise their voices in praise with the SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir during the 23rd African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 2, at the College. The festival begins at ...

The Virginia Arts Festival’s two recent offerings, the Soweto Gospel Choir, back in Norfolk for a third time, and the ...

The multi-Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir will be treating Philadelphia audiences to their magnificent music on Friday, Nov. 18, at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Hailing from ...

“Hello Dolly” is the title song of the popular 1964 musical of the same name, originally recorded by Carol Channing. However, it is Louis Armstrong’s version that was the 1965 Grammy Award winner for ...