Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 11: Singers Yolanda Adams (L) and CeCe Winans perform at a taping of We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY ...

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 ...

Over the past two decades, Baylor University's Black Gospel Archive has collected and digitized more than 60,000 gospel songs, making it one of the largest digital gospel collections in the world. The ...

Let’s be real: you’ve probably been fooled once (or twice) when you were riding in the backseat of your grandmother‘s Buick on the way to church when an unsuspecting jam came through the car’s ...

Gospel music experts discuss the evolution and influence of Black religious music in America. For Black Music Month, American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the influence of ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) —The interplay between song and sermon — and the importance of both in Black churches — is the focus of a new docuseries created by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. “Gospel” premieres on ...

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 ...

For generations, gospel music has been a vital source of strength and resilience for Black Americans, sustaining them through the deepest struggles. From the days of slavery, spirituals and hymns have ...

The Black Gospel Archive houses records, cassettes and other artifacts from the "golden era of gospel." The archive, inside Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library, also holds an online collection ...