Discover how Black musicians are revolutionizing modern music, from pioneering new genres to influencing global trends.

Over time, these sacred music performances became a significant part of Black culture in a genre known as gospel. After the end of the Civil War, formerly enslaved people were far from free due to ...

PRAISE FEST: The free, three-day outdoor gospel music experience will be held Oct. 18-20, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., at Bayou St. John ...

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

But today, that transcends the Black and white church. It's gospel music." And today ... The gospel competition is free and open to the public and will feature, besides the competitors ...

In very personal terms, he also described his experience at Trinity: Like other black churches ... idiom known as "the blues" evolved into gospel music. The themes of exile and deliverance ...

This past weekend, LA’s Crenshaw Boulevard, affectionately known as “The Shaw,” drew several hundred thousand people to ...

Admission is free, making this an accessible celebration ... be a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of Black sacred music, illustrating its evolution from traditional hymns to modern ...

Yes, there’s plenty of twang in hits like “L.A. County,” “God Will” and “If I Had A Boat,” but Lovett has long blended folk, Americana and especially R&B and gospel into his music.

Free from the rigidity of genre ... There is a division, he said, in a popular understanding of music where “pristine and ...

But he managed by keeping it in the middle register and by adding small vocal gestures to the rhythm cycles — percussive uh-uhs and dibba-dibbas, gospel ... music history as one of the most popular ...