There’s something about listening to great old-school style gospel songs that always seems to revive a tired soul. Over the years, gospel music’s most beloved vocalists have served up songs that have ...

There is a good chance that as you read this, you can’t name an Aretha Franklin album. Sure, you know the hits — “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” “Rock Steady,” “Spanish Harlem” and so many more — that ...

"Gospel music is food for the soul," says Sareya Murchison of Milwaukee gospel station WGLB-FM (96.1) at the start of "Real Soul: A Gospel Music Story." With their new documentary about the local ...

The Sons of the Soul Revivers made their debut on July 4, 1970, at Friendship Baptist Church in South San Francisco. Fifty years later, the acclaimed Bay Area gospel music troupe is still going strong ...

From the late ’50s until his death in 1964, the great R&B singer Sam Cooke championed other important artists on his SAR Records label. Having launched his own career in the early ’50s as a member of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first discovered Edwin Hawkins, I didn’t just hear gospel music — I felt it. His songs didn’t just stay in the church pews; they followed you home, filled your living room, ...

Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul, hosted by Cece Winans, is a four part documentary series illustrating the influence of Black gospel on early rock and soul music. May 9 – The first program begins and ...

Alabama Gospel Roots is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, ...

"It's soul music without the sex," says Bruce Watson, general manager of the stalwart Mississippi indie label Fat Possum, of the new, gospel-focused imprint that he and Big Legal Mess Recordings are ...

Tramaine Hawkins was born to sing gospel music. Almost literally. “It’s true,” she said. Her mother, singer Lois Davis, left an Oct. 11, 1951, radio broadcast at her grandfather’s Ephesians Church of ...

Post-war black gospel music shaped soul sounds through the mid-1970s, but it's increasingly hard to find today. Rock historian Ed Ward discusses a few recent gospel reissues. This is FRESH AIR.