Elvis Presley may be called the King of Rock 'n' Roll, but the only Grammy Awards he ever won were for his gospel music. Nominated 14 times, he took home three of the trophies for two of his sacred ...

As many of us who grew up in the church community are aware, God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good. He may not come when you want him, but he’s always right on time. Great and mighty ...

How the Great Migration changed music in the black church forever. In the 1920s, Chicago’s first African American congregations were at a crossroads. After decades of investment, the churches and ...

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 ...

Over the years, Kenya has produced great church choirs under the directorship of impassioned choir directors. There are various church choirs, but a few stand out for singing their hearts out. Six ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Pilgrim Baptist Church choir sang "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" Thursday morning as they began a new chapter in turning their former church home into a gospel music museum. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) Richard Smallwood, a singer-songwriter and pianist who became a chart-topping stalwart of ...

GOSPEL’s hour 1 follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music. GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister ...

In a groundbreaking development for St. Louis’s cultural landscape, the historic Second Baptist Church is embarking on an ambitious journey to become the city’s first Gospel Music Hall of Fame (GMHOF) ...