It is often said that you cannot attend Mass in Nigeria without hearing a Jude Nnam composition, an ubiquity Nnam combines ...

Singer Son Tae-jin delivered the essence of new trot on 'Immortal Songs'. Son Tae-jin appeared on KBS2's 'Immortal Songs' 2025 year-end special Trot Kingdom - Game of Thrones, broadcast on the 20th, ...

Nathaniel Bassey has gifted us with a new song and music video, and it feels like stepping into a cloud of worship. Titled “Odara,” this release comes ahead of his highly anticipated album, “Glory of ...

After several hiccups at last year's Essence Festival of Culture, organizers for 2026 have launched ticket sales earlier, revamped access to the popular, mini-concert Superlounge passes and promised ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

Pilgrims cheer as Dave and Lauren Moore and others perform July 19, 2024, during the third revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Credit: OSV News ...

ESSENCE knows how to celebrate authentic Black joy, and there’s no better time to do so than during the holiday season. That’s why we’re excited to share that we’re doing just that with the 2025 ...

As the Essence Festival of Culture negotiates with city and state officials ahead of the 2026 event in New Orleans, Essence representatives this week pledged to remedy last summer’s hiccups and enact ...

They were shielding the children who are also present within the church, moving them to safety. As horror and chaos erupted around them, worshippers at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

Essence Goldman has long been one of the Bay Area's most versatile musical figures whose career has carried her from Lilith Fair stages to viral NPR "Tiny Desk" performances. This month, she returns ...