Gospel music is more than just a genre; it is a spiritual experience that transcends time and space. For centuries, believers have turned to gospel music to deepen their faith, find solace in ...

This post was updated Aug. 4 at 7:06 p.m. While the sound of gospel music has evolved, its spirit of heartfelt worship remains encapsulated within contemporary Christian music today. Many people may ...

Can you feel the power? Do you know the sacred soul? Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century, as hymns and sacred songs were created in a call and response way, influenced by ancestral ...

Tye Tribbett is a charismatic, spirited, and brilliantly innovative award-winning gospel music artist, songwriter, and producer. He does not confine himself to presenting gospel music linearly.

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 ...

At virtually every one of her concerts, Whitney Houston always included at least one gospel song on the set list. It was a tribute not only to her upbringing, singing with her mom, Cissy, at New Hope ...

"Some people may see the colors that I wear, all the clothes that I wear, and feel like I am not worthy to sing a gospel song ...

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 ...

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Before I knew anything of hip-hop, I knew the gospel. Growing up in a southern Baptist home can be an insular experience. God and Christianity were a serious affair, and a conservative, largely ...

Richard Smallwood, a singer-songwriter and pianist who became a chart-topping stalwart of gospel music, writing songs that were performed by artists including Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston, died ...