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 ...

"Gospel music is food for the soul," says Sareya Murchison of Milwaukee gospel station WGLB-FM (96.1) at the start of "Real Soul: A Gospel Music Story." With their new documentary about the local ...

A new 51-track collection of Johnny Cash songs is coming this week in honor of the continuing celebration of his 80th birthday. 'Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth' brings together the singer's gospel ...

Sinach is one of the most famous gospel artists in Africa whose music has won her global awards and fans around the world. For over a decade, Sinach has impacted the global gospel music industry with ...

The Sons of the Soul Revivers made their debut on July 4, 1970, at Friendship Baptist Church in South San Francisco. Fifty years later, the acclaimed Bay Area gospel music troupe is still going strong ...

PBS has a history of taking deep dives into musical genres, most notably through “The Blues,” shepherded by Martin Scorsese, and Ken Burns’ tributes to both country and jazz. “Gospel,” which kicks off ...

He became one of the country's biggest names in gospel, with songs that were covered by Destiny's Child, Whitney Houston and ...

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.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)— For more than six decades, the “Legendary Ingramettes” have brought hand-clapping, foot-stomping, traditional gospel music to performance stages across Central Virginia. The ...

Tramaine Hawkins was born to sing gospel music. Almost literally. “It’s true,” she said. Her mother, singer Lois Davis, left an Oct. 11, 1951, radio broadcast at her grandfather’s Ephesians Church of ...