We are continuing our list of easiest gospel songs to play on piano with “As The Deer” that is a very popular song and is known to praise and worship a native of Seattle, Washington, Martin J. Nystrom ...

Elmer Elijah Mackall, a self-taught Southern Maryland piano player and gospel singer whose music drew on the days of slavery and hard times of the rural South, died of complications from emphysema ...

Dickie Mathews never saw a piano he didn’t like and once was described as a brilliant pianist. The 2002 Gospel Music Piano Roll of Honor inductee died eight years ago on February 1, 2015, but he left ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’ve ever been in a place where your soul needed lifting—where the chaos of life pushed you to your knees and all you could do was whisper a prayer—then chances are, a Donnie ...

There’s something about listening to great old-school style gospel songs that always seems to revive a tired soul. Over the years, gospel music’s most beloved vocalists have served up songs that have ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first discovered Edwin Hawkins, I didn’t just hear gospel music — I felt it. His songs didn’t just stay in the church pews; they followed you home, filled your living room, ...

"Piano is kind of the foundation of the style, along with vocals," he said. He has written four books on playing gospel music and is planning to publish a book on gospel vocals as well.<P> During the ...

In the 1920s, the sound of music in the black church underwent a revolution. Standing at 40th and State Street in Chicago, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ was a witness to what occurred. The ...

How Thomas Dorsey decided to give up a thriving jazz career for “Precious Lord.” Thomas Dorsey was 33 years old and had a flourishing career in secular music. In the previous 15 years, the Georgia ...

“Amazing Grace” is one of the most beautiful Christian hymns in our humble opinion. It was written by English poet John Newton way back in 1779 and people are still singing and playing it. The poet ...