Six choirs, including the SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir and Cortland A Cappella, will raise their voices in celebration at the 26th SUNY Cortland African-American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 6, ...

Kip Lornell, a George Washington University ethnomusicologist, compiled a new collection for Smithsonian Folkways called Classic African American Gospel. He talks about the roots of Motown in gospel ...

The award-winning professor, Detroit radio host and gospel historian died on Sunday, April 12.

From its roots in African American spirituals to its modern fusion with R&B, hip-hop, and pop, gospel music has remained a powerful voice of faith and resilience. It has shaped culture, uplifted ...

A sample of gospel music straight from the heart of the nation’s capital will sound through the Corey Union Function Room during the 27th SUNY Cortland African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A choir sings traditional gospel music. Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony ...

Remembering Deborah Smith Pollard, a familiar voice on the airwaves and a scholar of gospel music and African American ...

From the gospel-infused melodies of the 1950s to today’s genre-blending R&B innovators, soul music’s heartbeat has never faded. Legendary labels like Motown and Stax laid the foundation, while icons ...

Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...

Also in this edition of Michael Christopher’s Rock Music Menu, is Vinyl of the Week: “Pretty in Pink: 40th Anniversary ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...