Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings are found in the music sung, and passed down, by enslaved people in ...

The late Kenyan gospel singer Shari Martin goes down in history as an artiste who switched careers with great success. Martin died at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi on August 2. He was ...

“No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven)” – The Golden Gate Quartet (Columbia Records, 1945) Gospel was the implicit sound of black protest, going back to before either the civil rights movement or gospel ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – When Anitra Reed was sharing her childhood story to a friend in northern Virginia recently, she could not help but remember her formative years spent on former Fort ...

Gospel songs continued to evolve and inspire throughout 2024, bringing together traditional spiritual elements with contemporary sounds. These songs offered comfort, hope, and spiritual guidance ...

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 ...

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: By the time Marvin Sapp was 10 years old, he was singing all the time. He sang in church. He sang R&B with his buddies. But then his mother told him he had to make a choice.

Every Black History Month, there is a tribute to the Black Church and its gospel music. The contribution of LGBTQ+ singers to the canon of gospel music, however, is never front and center in the ...