Gospel music legend Richard Smallwood dies
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Today, we’re dropping the top 10 of the 2025 Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs charts ahead of the full Dec. 9 year-end reveal.
Gospel songs lift our spirits and create a connection that transcends words. But what gospel songs should you listen to this season? It's Easter weekend, and as you know, Easter is more than just a holiday. It is a time of hope, renewal, and reflection on ...
There’s something about listening to great old-school style gospel songs that always seems to revive a tired soul. Over the years, gospel music’s most beloved vocalists have served up songs that have inspired audiences around the globe and filled ...
A psychologist, Ruke Gure, has delved into the world of gospel music as a performer, songwriter and an artist. Gure’s love for gospel music started at the age of four, but she switched to full-time gospel music 10 years ago, with her debut album Melodies ...
You don’t have to read far in the biographies of Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding to discover that they grew up singing in one church or another. In fact, practically every classic-era soul or R&B singer either ...
From its origin, women pioneered the sound of gospel music. Artists like Mahalia Jackson and Rosetta Tharpe elevated the popularity of the genre in the mid-1900s, treading the path for gospel singers with crossover, secular appeal, like Aretha Franklin.
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 Johnson, who curated the “Never Turn Back” exhibit at the ...