The music legend, who will receive the Black Music Icon Award ahead of the 2025 Grammys, has been critically praised and panned for his style of gospel music.

October 20, 2024 • Deep-voiced Jimmy Jones was one of the few lead bass singers to lead his own group – the Sensationals – in the history of gospel music.

You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the ... channeled his religious upbringing into gospel-influenced songs with ...

Every Black History Month, there is a tribute to the Black Church and its gospel music. The contribution of LGBTQ+ singers to ...

Fort Worth’s Kirk Franklin will be honored with the Black Music Icon Award at a Recording Academy event in Los Angeles on Jan ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Gospel legend and Fort Worth native Kirk Franklin will receive the Black Music Icon Award next week ahead of the 2025 Grammys. Franklin will receive the award, which celebrates ...

the genre’s history was at risk of disappearing. To preserve Black gospel traditions, Baylor University launched a massive effort to archive the art form in 2006. Called the Black Gospel Music ...

Baylor University's Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center has received a $2.5 million grant, paving the way for ...

Created by Stacie Colston Patterson, chair of the Butler University Black Alumni Association and singer in the Indianapolis ...