A few years ago, a group of us who love old time gospel music got together and created a community-wide gospel concert. The event was originally called Gospel Fest and the first concert of this type ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Pilgrim Baptist Church choir sang "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" Thursday morning as they began a new chapter in turning their former church home into a gospel music museum. The ...
The Watson Family Singers were some of the first gospel performers on the radio, thanks to their All Nations Pentecostal ...
Post-war black gospel music shaped soul sounds through the mid-1970s, but it's increasingly hard to find today. Rock historian Ed Ward discusses a few recent gospel reissues. This is FRESH AIR.
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 ...
He got used to change years ago. But this time, it was hard to figure out. For years, the Ray Daniels House of Music was the home of lessons in how to play and sing traditional gospel music, the ...