African-Americans have made incalculable contributions to music. In the words of Quincy Jones, “I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pagean ...

Here’s a look at events happening this week in North Texas, from festivals to comedy shows, from activities for kids and ...

At first, Deloris clashes with the Reverend Mother, who disapproves of her throwing out traditional hymns in favour of gospel ... the Fade to Black Podcast. She also runs her own YouTube channel ...

A $2.48 million grant from the Lilly Endowment is expected to help Baylor University expand its Black Gospel Archive and raise its national profile, university officials said. The funding will ...

The wintry video for Wham! ‘s beloved holiday hit “Last Christmas” has joined YouTube billion-views club. Fittingly, the feat ...

Since we’ve already listed some of the best songs that we mistakingly thought were sung by Black people ... made the record sound more like a gospel record than an American folk song.

The 56th NAACP Image Awards nominees are out! Watch live on February 22, 2025, at 8 PM ET/PT on BET and CBS from Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Jimmy Carter had become a bit of a non-person in his long retirement. From the first day of his “ex” status, he was seldom ...

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So, on this slow January release day, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and WRTI's Nate Chinen catch you up on the best albums we heard in December in between "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and ...