Children’s minister and artist collect 150 songs to span generations. In 2018, Britta Wallbaum and Lindsey Goetz traveled to a worship conference in Nashville. They hoped to come away with new ...

For the enslaved Africans, music – rhythm in particular – became a tool of communication about their conditions. Later, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings ...

Jennie Wilson was a prolific American hymn writer from the late 19th to early 20th century, known for her faith-filled and inspirational lyrics. Despite being confined to a wheelchair due to illness, ...

In his thrashing of the South, "The Sahara of the Bozart," penned for a New York newspaper in 1917, H.L. Mencken railed against what he saw as a cultural wasteland, "a vast plain of mediocrity, ...

WEST FARGO - Jack Fuller grew up in a musical family and loves music. But, the West Fargoan didn't start playing a musical instrument until 2009. He was 68 years old. Fuller began to take private ...

The St. Columbanus choir endowed ”The Lord is My Light and My Salvation” with an inviting gospel feeling on All Souls` Day, but few of the parishioners joined in. Those who tried spent the first few ...

“The Urban Hymnal” was submitted for a Grammy nomination in the “Best Gospel Roots Album” category. The album mixes gospel with sounds and solos from the student marching band, as well as work from ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands has been nominated for a Grammy for their album, The Urban Hymnal, in the Best Roots Gospel Album category. The band received a ...