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 ...

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 ...

African gospel music has experienced a remarkable resurgence, captivating audiences both locally and globally. Spotify Wrapped 2024 revealed a surprising trend: gospel music has secured the ninth spot ...

American gospel music might have taken the forefront as a preferred source of inspiration for Gospel music lovers but African listeners are increasingly rediscovering and embracing their homegrown ...

Few ensembles embody the intertwining of artistry and political memory as fully as the Soweto Gospel Choir. Emerging in a country still reckoning with the psychological scars of apartheid, the group ...

Voices of praise will ring out in Cortland from two newcomer guest choirs, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers of Ithaca, N.Y., and the Promise Land Church of Syracuse (N.Y.), during SUNY Cortland’s ...

The African American Voices Gospel Choir provides a space for students to come together to worship through song, dance, service and miming. The traditional gospel choir is a student organization that ...

The year 2010 was a golden one for Rose Muhando, once a chart-topping Tanzanian gospel powerhouse whose songs would make even non-believers rise to their feet in praise. There was something infectious ...

In a small village called Bethlehem in the Northwestern region of Benin, an annual festival of culture and music has been bringing together 20 diverse ethnic groups, and diffusing economic, social and ...

Three guest choirs will perform at the 33 rd African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 4, at SUNY Cortland. The festival begins at 4 p.m. in Old Main Brown Auditorium. The event is open ...