This month, WFUV will broadcast a new radio documentary produced by our friends at WXPN in Philadelphia and hosted by CeCe Winans, which explores the history of black gospel music and illustrates its ...

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 ...

"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 members of the Iowa City Voices of Soul gospel choir challenge the audience members to keep still as they are engulfed in the sound of harmonious voices and rhythmic clapping, drums, piano, and ...

Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, roots music luminary, world-class entertainer, and singular lead ...

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 ...

Aretha Franklin, a singer who began her career with gospel music and was later crowned the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday after battling a range of health issues. Often simply called “Aretha,” ...

A new 51-track collection of Johnny Cash songs is coming this week in honor of the continuing celebration of his 80th birthday. 'Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth' brings together the singer's gospel ...

PBS has a history of taking deep dives into musical genres, most notably through “The Blues,” shepherded by Martin Scorsese, and Ken Burns’ tributes to both country and jazz. “Gospel,” which kicks off ...

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 ...

FASHION and flamboyance are increasingly taking centre stage in gospel music, often at the expense of true worship and ...