The resilience, faith and purity of African American hymns come to life at the Historic Ward Rooming House with “Precious ...

Gospel music, a powerful thread in Black culture, continues to shape Black identity and inspire generations. As Black Music ...

Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing from the gospel top 40 list than sing old-time "Negro spirituals" or hymns from traditional hymnbooks.

Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like ... Called the Black Gospel Music ... to ...

The event was originally called Gospel Fest and the first concert of this type was presented in 2011. Lots of community folks were involved including a 300-voice choir from area churches, several well ...

These are just some of the Black gospel ... He earned the title of the “Father of Gospel Music” for penning over 1,000 hymns, ... Some of the most decorated artists of all time are Black ...

Three Old Time Gospel Sings are planned this summer at Englewood Christian Church. The events will be at 5 p.m. June 16, July 21 and Aug. 18. Featured will be old-time gospel hymns, solos, duets ...

It was hymns of the trivial type that led Dr. Frank E. Gaebelein, in his Patterns of God’s Truth (1954), to say that much evangelical music is cheap, vulgar, and false.

The Genesis Group was created in 1971 to support black Mormons at a time when blacks were barred from the lay clergy. The ban was lifted in 1978. The support group was dormant for a while, but has ...

A mostly black gospel choir in Utah is bringing a vibrant new sound to familiar Mormon hymns and shining a light on the increasingly global component of a faith that has more than half of its ...