For the enslaved Africans, music – rhythm in particular – became a tool of communication about their conditions. Later, it ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — September marks Gospel Music Heritage Month, and Louisville is celebrating in a special way. The Louisville Story Program is honoring the city’s rich gospel history with its ...

Over the past two decades, Baylor University's Black Gospel Archive has collected and digitized more than 60,000 gospel songs, making it one of the largest digital gospel collections in the world. The ...

Gospel music has been in spoken word artist Ayanna Albertson-Gay’s life since she was born. She listens to it every day, even while working out. As a child, she heard gospel worship music at her great ...

To celebrate Gospel Music Heritage Month, host Michel Martin talks about the genre's roots in American history and how it's grown. Joining the conversation are Brian Courtney Wilson, contemporary ...

Chicago's living legends of gospel music continue to carry on their legacy today. After the first wave of gospel history introduced a new musical genre, the second wave also began in Chicago - marked ...

St. Louis is often regarded as one of the most influential cities for rock, blues, jazz and R&B music, but it also played a big role in the development of gospel music. The O’Neal Twins, Martha Bass ...

“Gospel,” a four-hour docuseries, airs on WGCU PBS and explores the rich history of Black spirituality through sermon and song. Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., host of “Finding Your Roots,” is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The Community Gospel Choir is ...

Pastor Mike Jr. cemented his place in gospel music history Saturday night, sweeping all nine categories in which he was nominated at the 40th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards. Held at the ...