Over the past three years, Louisville Story Program staff have spent time speaking with elders from the local gospel groups from the 50s, 60s and 70s. That has culminated in “I’m Glad About It: The ...

There’s something about listening to great old-school style gospel songs that always seems to revive a tired soul. Over the years, gospel music’s most beloved vocalists have served up songs that have ...

I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983 collects important songs from the catalogue of the Nashville gospel label Nashboro, painting a picture of a ...

GALESBURG, Ill. — During a recent fish fry at the Galesburg Masonic Lodge, Lomac Payton was approached by two attendees asking if he used to sing. He confirmed this suspicion and explained that he ...

Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings are found in the music sung, and passed down, by enslaved people in ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first discovered Edwin Hawkins, I didn’t just hear gospel music — I felt it. His songs didn’t just stay in the church pews; they followed you home, filled your living room, ...

The church was never far from the music of Whitney Houston. “When you listen to ‘I Will Always Love You,’ Dolly (Parton) and Linda Ronstadt are singing the same ...

Gospel singer-songwriter LaShun Pace, known best for hits like “I Know I Been Changed” and “Act Like You Know,” died on Monday, her management team confirms. She was 60. Pace’s sister, Lydia Pace told ...

Gospel singer LaShun Pace died March 21 at age 60. Her family told local news outlets in Atlanta that the singer had been on renal dialysis for five years and died of organ failure. Pace began her ...