Kip Lornell, a George Washington University ethnomusicologist, compiled a new collection for Smithsonian Folkways called Classic African American Gospel. He talks about the roots of Motown in gospel ...

Before it filled sanctuaries or concert halls, collective Black singing carried coded messages, community, and survival. The Black choir didn't start in church. It started in captivity. Dr. Daniel ...

Voices of praise will ring out in Cortland from two newcomer guest choirs, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers of Ithaca, N.Y., and the Promise Land Church of Syracuse (N.Y.), during SUNY Cortland’s ...

Jazz musician and Yale University music scholar Willie Ruff, who uncovered the links between 18th-century Scottish singing and black gospel music, has connected another group to the style: Native ...

Father Norvel served as the pastor of St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore, the nation’s first Black Catholic parish, from 1996 to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 11: Singers Yolanda Adams (L) and CeCe Winans perform at a taping of We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY ...

Peek into the sanctuary of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on any given Sunday afternoon and you’re apt to hear the “Joyful Noise” of scores of people belting out gospel hymns, spirituals and freedom ...

The Black Gospel Archive houses records, cassettes and other artifacts from the "golden era of gospel." The archive, inside Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library, also holds an online collection ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A choir sings traditional gospel music. Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony ...

Those who have seen director Terrance Kelly and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir perform know there is far more going on than gospel singing. Kelly's passion for the sound, message and history of ...

Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture Collection highlighted the exceptional talent of one of the ...

These are just some of the Black gospel artists shaping the genre with powerful voices and unwavering faith, from legends to rising stars. For generations, gospel music has been a vital source of ...