Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gospel music evolved from antebellum spirituals into a distinct genre in 1920s Chicago, serving as both a "weapon of worship" and ...

Kicking off a foot-stomping, hand-clapping celebration of gospel music, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that this particular genre of music had helped to shape America, beginning with the slave ...

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 — ...

Gospel music has always offered hope in hard times and light in the dark, whether you're listening to it or like the Harlem Gospel Travelers, you're singing it yourself. The group has its roots in a ...

WASHINGTON – Kicking off a foot-stomping, hand-clapping celebration of gospel music, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that this particular genre of music had helped to shape America, beginning with ...

Vermont ranks second in the nation for both the whitest population and the least religious one. This might seem the unlikeliest of places to hear Black gospel music — a tradition born of slavery, ...

A new Christian and Gospel Singles Chart is launched to reflect "a vibrant sector of the UK music industry".

At virtually every one of her concerts, Whitney Houston always included at least one gospel song on the set list. It was a tribute not only to her upbringing, singing with her mom, Cissy, at New Hope ...

Renowned Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter, and composer Kayode Solomon Eludiwura, popularly known as Kay Wonder, has emphasized the need for more music in Nigeria that promotes love, unity, and ...

Tanya Goodman Sykes, is a GRAMMY-winning vocalist and songwriter, widely recognized as one of Southern gospel’s most compelling female voices. She is the daughter of Rusty Goodman and the niece of ...