W hen Elvis Presley stormed the pop-music world with “Hound Dog” in the summer of 1956, not everyone was ready to bow before ...

The Blind Boys of Alabama celebrate more than 80 years of gospel in a stirring KNKX studio session performance.

Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I ...

The South is known for its charm, hospitality, and deep-rooted traditions, and New Year’s celebrations are no exception. From the kitchen to the church, the Southern approach to welcoming a new year ...

In 2024, pillars of Nashville's country and gospel communities died, as did foundational forces essential to the city's — and ...

For years, visitors pulled into the parking lot of Maranatha Baptist Church in rural Plains, Georgia in the wee hours to queue in the pitch black for Jimmy Carter's Sunday school class.

Jimmy Carter loved music enough that he was the subject of a documentary titled 'Rock & Roll President,' but his tastes ...

Detroiter Patrice Neal landed in a Detroit UNCF office 25 years ago through a temp agency and before long she had found her ...

The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.

The a capella choir had celebrity status at a time when the school had 4,000 students, performing in Europe, making record ...

A Rhode Island man has admitted to using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church ...

A Rhode Island man will plead guilty to charges that he set fire to a North Providence church, targeting it because of its ...