When rock first became popular, one of the most common ways to denounce it was to call it “the devil’s music.” Many parents and conservatives feared that the swiveling hips and sex appeal of artists ...

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 ...

Christianity Today is running a short, entertaining essay on the history of Christian rock and roll, and it’s well worth reading. The author, Joel Heng Hartse, argues that Christian rock often wasn’t ...

Looking out the studio window of the radio station where she’d worked for 29 years, DJ “Mistress Carrie” Sarao could see a crowd gathering outside. It was a Friday night, Feb. 21, 2020, and freezing, ...

This is the evangelicals' answer to Bruce Springsteen: an anguished rocker prowling the stage in a black shirt and tight faded jeans, hair matted with sweat, licking his lips and turning his bright, ...

As they're preparing for the release of their new album, the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers are giving The Boot's readers an advance listen to one of their brand-new songs, "Haunted." Press play below to ...

The project will be released on March 24, 2023. Most Whitney Houston fans know she was deeply rooted in gospel music, and soon they'll get to hear -- and see -- that side of her in a new project ...

Hosted by Grammy award-winning gospel singer, Cece Winans, Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul is the product of 16 months of interviews with over 50 musicians and gospel historians, the recording of live ...