Richard Smallwood didn’t just write songs. He crafted hymns that felt like they had always existed. His music lived in that ...

Gospel music experts discuss the evolution and influence of Black religious music in America. For Black Music Month, American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the influence of ...

Four guest choirs will perform at the 32nd African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 5, at SUNY Cortland. The festival begins at 4 p.m. in Corey Union Function Room. The event is open to ...

Richard Smallwood, the eight-time Grammy-nominated, classically trained gospel composer and recording artist whose work reshaped contemporary gospel music, died Dec. 30 at age 77 from complications of ...

While holding numerous Dove Awards for his legacy in Christian music, Smallwood crossed a major milestone in the early 2000s when he was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Aside from the ...

Voices of praise will ring out in Cortland from two newcomer guest choirs, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers of Ithaca, N.Y., and the Promise Land Church of Syracuse (N.Y.), during SUNY Cortland’s ...

The evolution of African American religious music and a rally to end gun violence. American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series looks at the history, evolution and influence of African ...

For Day 9 of the Wawa Welcome America festivities, legendary gospel singer Marvin Sapp performed at Independence Mall in Philadelphia for the annual “Gospel On Independence” concert! The concert is a ...

From Thomas A. Dorsey to Andraé Crouch and Kirk Franklin, the worship genre has always integrated new sounds. When I was a teenager and heard “It Ain’t No New Thing” by Andraé Crouch and The Disciples ...

Born-and-raised Pensacola gospel singer Keyla Richardson is slated to make her return to national television once "American Idol" premieres for Season 24 on Jan. 26 on ABC. “I got to sing in front of ...

Pastor and gospel singer Norman Hutchins has died at the age of 62, his family said. Hutchins died at home in California on Friday after a long battle with diabetes and kidney failure, according to ...