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 have a listen to Luther Magby’s transcendent 1927 recording “Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit.” It’s the only 78 made by the singer who who we can assume was part of the nascent tradition of ...

The song comes from a deeply personal place for Messina, who recalled that she started crying after writing just the first line. When she performed it live at a sold-out show in Layton, Utah, in July, ...

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 ...

“My daddy was a gospel singer and my brothers were professional gospel singers,” said Melvin Booker, founding vocalist of the San Francisco gospel quartet the West Coast Spiritual Corinthians. “I was ...

Huey Williams passed away at the age of 86.The gospel legend is best known for being the lead singer in gospel group, the Jackson Southernaires.In 1992, the group received a nomination for a Grammy ...