Fred Hammond has been one of the most innovative figures in Gospel for the past two decades. True to form, he continues to push the envelope by reaching across the musical divide and bridging the gap ...
You don’t have to read far in the biographies of Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding to discover that they grew up singing in one church or another. In fact, ...
NEW YORK — Move over “American Idol”: BET has gone talent-hunting for its next superstar in the location often considered to be the birthplace of the most powerful singing in the world — the church.
Gospel great Daryl Coley died on Tuesday evening at age 60. The award-winning singer is best known for his hits, “Beyond the Veil,” “When Sunday Comes,” and “He’s Preparing Me.” n 1991, at the height ...
Kierra Sheard came from a musical family. Her mother, Karen Sheard, and three aunts were part of the Grammy Award winning gospel girl group the Clark Sisters. At nine years old, she secured the Best ...
Singing helped young brothers Perry Jr. and Sterling Wright pass the time when arriving early to Sunday school. "Our Sunday school teacher, Rosetta Hill, happened to come in one Sunday, and we were ...
The lobby of the new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music in downtown Nashville was filled with the sounds of drills, vacuums and other power tools recently as workers scurried to put the finishing ...