August 4, 2024 • Sterling Glass and the Metropolitan Singers are best known for their dramatic, 5 ½ minute version of the old spiritual, "Mary, Don't You Weep." ...

Welcome to Gospel Choir, the University of Toronto's first credit course in Black gospel music ... lap when he was two years old. "You learn these choruses and these songs and these hymns every ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT GOSPEL SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY ...

and a refreshing thematic focus on Black gospel music. Speaking of the Lobero, I ran into ever-affable MJF regulars David Asbell and his wife Denise Dannemiller at the set by Don Was’ Pan-Detroit ...

On the religious side, in gospel music, there were ... wiping out the old order. The flood wiped out the crops in the areas it devastated, so any black sharecroppers in that area knew they weren ...

But as the ambitious, celebratory “Gospel” lays out over four parts and two nights, spiritual music in the U.S. has transcended the pews and choir lofts to influence national politics ...

During the 1770s and 1780s, black ministers began to preach to their own people, drawing on the stories, people and events depicted in the Old and New Testaments. No story spoke more powerfully to ...

Gospel music has its origins in the hymns, spirituals and sacred songs found in Afro-American culture in the 18th and 19th Century. Gospel songs were originally sung by African slaves. Lyrics ...

Black people have had a significant impact on every aspect of life. From entertainment to sports to politics, to business, we’ve made this world a better place. Sadly, 2024 has seen us lose some ...

Two years after debuting the “Titanic” parody, Marla Mindelle says her new show, with Margot Robbie as a producer, may be her ...

In 2022, the singer lost a second son when 31-year-old ... more Black gospel. But I didn’t want to hire two choirs. [Laughs] There’s a sort of uneasy relationship between gospel music and ...

Day two of Austin City Limits Music Festival has arrived! Saturday is traditionally the biggest day of the fest. To beat the ...