For generations, gospel music has been a vital source of strength and resilience for Black Americans, sustaining them through the deepest struggles. From the days of slavery, spirituals and hymns ...

Alongside the lessons in Black history, Hamilton teaches his students the unique performance practices of gospel music — its syncopated rhythms and nuances, the call-and-response and the need to ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

And yet, as Alberga explains in her recent BBC Radio 3 documentary A History of Black Classical Music, there are references to black musicians in Europe going all the way back to the 12th century.

August 11, 2024 • Columbus Mann and the Gospel Outreach Choir of the Pentecostal COGIC of Inkster, Michigan, Jesus Never Fails LP features the blistering seven-minute vamp, "Blind Old Satan." ...

"Bill Monroe, often called the father of Bluegrass music, established the classic Bluegrass sound - high, pure tenor voice, powerful mandolin solos against the banjo background. Bluegrass remains ...

male and female tended to go to pop artists), dance music (unless you count best performance by a dance band, won by Count Basie), blues, gospel or Latin — or such later-emerging genres as rock ...

Dr. Claudrena N. Harold will trace the evolution of gospel music while considering how it has responded to pressing social ...

These are just some of the Black gospel artists shaping the genre with powerful voices and unwavering faith, from legends to rising stars. For generations, gospel music has been a vital source of ...