Oakland’s own Father of Gospel, Hawkins, still influences 21st century music with his Grammy-winning hit "Oh Happy Day," as ...

SPECIAL: Global Village kicks off the March Music of South Africa Feature with a special show featuring the Soweto Gospel ...

Dressed in vibrant costumes, the Soweto Gospel Choir blends the rich sounds of traditional African music with dance and a variety of musical genres — rock and hip-hop, and American gospel and R&B — ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.

Few ensembles embody the intertwining of artistry and political memory as fully as the Soweto Gospel Choir. Emerging in a country still reckoning with the psychological scars of apartheid, the group ...

The Virgin Mary, Joseph and John the Baptist give their own contemporary messages, including talking about women's rights and Donald Trump, in the Amherst Area Gospel Choir's Christmas performance.

Today in "They Pay Us To Do This": a performance by South Africa's Soweto Gospel Choir, which managed to tie the all-time record for most musicians squashed behind Bob Boilen's desk for a single ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

The country star is on tour for his latest album, “Evangeline vs. The Machine.” Here’s what happened at his Dickies Arena ...

For generations, gospel music has paved the way for Black Americans to express their faith through music and fellowship. On ...

ST. LOUIS (RNS) — In St. Louis, a diverse gospel choir tries to build racial harmony through a love of music. ST. LOUIS (RNS) — Emi Belciak teaches third grade in a tough part of suburban St. Louis, ...

Last month, Donald Lawrence, an acclaimed gospel veteran with a half-dozen hits, attended a preview party for Kanye West‘s Jesus Is King album at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. “He did a song ...