Gospel music experts discuss the evolution and influence of Black religious music in America. For Black Music Month, American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the influence of ...

For viewers weaned on an era when American Idol incubated household names like Kelly Clarkson and Adam Lambert, the special ...

Four guest choirs will perform at the 32nd African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 5, at SUNY Cortland. The festival begins at 4 p.m. in Corey Union Function Room. The event is open to ...

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 ...

Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...

From Thomas A. Dorsey to Andraé Crouch and Kirk Franklin, the worship genre has always integrated new sounds. When I was a teenager and heard “It Ain’t No New Thing” by Andraé Crouch and The Disciples ...

Born-and-raised Pensacola gospel singer Keyla Richardson is slated to make her return to national television once "American Idol" premieres for Season 24 on Jan. 26 on ABC. “I got to sing in front of ...

The Gospel Plus Festival, a three-day celebration of gospel music and its deep roots in American history, will take place from Feb. 27 to March 1 at New Spire Arts and the Weinberg Center for the Arts ...

The music of Grammy Award-winning gospel artist and songwriter Donald Lawrence is considered contemporary. But his songs speak to what it has meant to be Black in America since we arrived. “When ...

Music in the Bible -- The sixteenth century: roots of contemporary Christianity -- John Calvin and the institutes -- A mighty fortress: Martin Luther as songwriter -- First seeds: gospel music in ...

Pastor and gospel singer Norman Hutchins has died at the age of 62, his family said. Hutchins died at home in California on Friday after a long battle with diabetes and kidney failure, according to ...