What does Gospel music and its influence look like? The Gospel Music Industry Alliance (GMIA), which represents the UK Gospel Music Community, defines UK Gospel Music as: "derived from the African, ...

Walk into the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton as service begins, and the very first sound you’ll hear is music. “We welcome you,” the five women of the Joyful Praise choir sang on a recent rainy ...

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 ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

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 ...

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Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...

*Originally published on Feb. 29, 2024. In a classroom at the University of Toronto, the sounds of silence collide with a few hushed whispers in the corridors of the glass-and-concrete building ...

The issue of what gospel music is, has been a big debate among most music industry stakeholders. Some have even drawn a distinction between gospel music and Christian music. While gospel music is said ...

I have been asked this question so many times before and my answer has always been that gospel music can fit into any music genre, be it jazz, sungura, reggae, rock, amapiano, zimdancehall, soul, R&B ...

How Thomas Dorsey decided to give up a thriving jazz career for “Precious Lord.” Thomas Dorsey was 33 years old and had a flourishing career in secular music. In the previous 15 years, the Georgia ...