Before I began listening to gospel music about 12 years ago, I was not the most obvious candidate to become a fan of the ...

The sisters rose to fame in the late 1990s with their debut hit “Shackles (Praise You),” which brought gospel music to mainstream audiences with its upbeat tempo and inspirational lyrics.

BLACK ENTERPRISE. About Us ... we thought it would be cool to compile a list of the best gospel songs of 2016. These ... such as, “There’s beauty in my brokenness.” The lyrics are ...

The lyrics of Albertina Walker's classic Black gospel song serve as a blueprint for negotiating the patience love and marriage require, writes Rev. Calvin Taylor Skinner. “Notes on faith” is ...

But gospel music spoke to the conditions of black people as they survived in a racist society. During the Great Depression, the lyrics gave hope to many facing economic hardships that “The Lord ...

How three Black queer people who paved a way for themselves and others through Gospel music.

Black gospel music traces its roots back to slavery when enslaved people sang call-and-response songs such as “Roll, Jordan, Roll” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” ...

Check out Dorsey himself performing the song in the 1998 documentary, "The Story of Gospel Music." ♪ When I look back ♪ - Just to see him, we stood in awe of him. You know, that was history.

Black Gospel Music Moments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975). The series celebrates this fertile musical period in American history, ...

Wilmer “Little Axe” Broadnax was a Black transman whose tenor voice raised him to fame in the 1940s and 50s during the golden era of traditional Black Gospel music. Born in Houston, Broadnax ...