Songs of survival, defeat and hope swept through cotton fields in the antebellum south. Slaves used them to navigate a brutal ...
For generations upon generations, Gospel music has been a cornerstone in the Black community. Getting us through slavery, segregation and the modern day trials and tribulations of being Black in ...
(RNS) — In a July 25 interview, Norman Gyamfi, a founder of the gospel music label Maverick City Music, stirred up fans and industry insiders as he explained the state of the genre bluntly. Gospel, he ...
Posthumous Inductees included Dr. Whitney Houston, Dr. Cissy Houston, Inez Andrews, Former Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson, Harold Lashaun Martin, and Al “The Bishop” Hobbs ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) —The interplay between song and sermon — and the importance of both in Black churches — is the focus of a new docuseries created by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. “Gospel” premieres on ...
Executive Director Steve Gilreath has gathered donated items as well as attic finds for new museum. Museum and Hall of Fame will encompass all genres of Christian and Gospel Music from rock to country ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’ve ever been in a place where your soul needed lifting—where the chaos of life pushed you to your knees and all you could do was whisper a prayer—then chances are, a Donnie ...
Dawn Scruggs knows all about the power of gospel music. As the director of the Metropolitan Chorus and a devout member of her community she has seen how the music can move people to tears or to act — ...