Songs of survival, defeat and hope swept through cotton fields in the antebellum south. Slaves used them to navigate a brutal ...

For generations upon generations, Gospel music has been a cornerstone in the Black community. Getting us through slavery, segregation and the modern day trials and tribulations of being Black in ...

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

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 ...

Gospel music is more than just a genre; it is a spiritual experience that transcends time and space. For centuries, believers have turned to gospel music to deepen their faith, find solace in ...

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 ...

A re-broadcast of an interview from NPR's Morning Edition about the blending of gospel and Christmas music: Music historian Horace Clarence Boyer talks about the history of the successful merger ...

GOSPEL’s hour 1 follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music. GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister ...

Recently, a Tik Tok video went viral featuring party revellers enjoyed their drinks at a popular hangout in Nansana with a Runyakitara gospel hymn blaring in their background. As they danced ...