Six choirs, including the SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir and Cortland A Cappella, will raise their voices in celebration at the 26th SUNY Cortland African-American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 6, ...

Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings are found in the music sung, and passed down, by enslaved people in ...

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Scattered in crates, dirty and difficult to read, the gospel music of composer Charles Henry Pace sat packed away, unorganized — and unrealized — for more than 20 years. Frances Pace ...

Gospel music has always played a big role in American culture. Now, the music's wide-ranging history is being celebrated at Nashville's new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music.

Greater Grace Temple Senior Pastor Bishop Charles Ellis III on Detroit’s gospel history. In conjunction with PBS' "GOSPEL" docuseries, Bishop Charles Ellis III talks with “Detroit Performs” host ...

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 ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

Kip Lornell, a George Washington University ethnomusicologist, compiled a new collection for Smithsonian Folkways called Classic African American Gospel. He talks about the roots of Motown in gospel ...