Although he wasn’t blind, he sang in three different gospel groups known as the Blind Boys before making a splash on the R&B and pop charts. By Alex Williams Roscoe Robinson, who with his clarion ...

There's no shortage of famous quotes about how much music means to people. But ask singer-songwriter Laura Ehio why she decided to pick up a guitar and it goes even deeper. "My journey as a Christian, ...

Richard Smallwood, the eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer, has died. He was 77. A representative for Smallwood confirmed the "Total Praise" musician died on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at ...

Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer whose music has been covered by Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston, has died. He was 77. A rep for Smallwood confirmed to Variety that he died of ...

Richard Smallwood, a revered singer and songwriter who scored a dozen Top 10 albums and four No. 1s on the Billboard gospel chart and amassed eight Grammy nominations during his long career, died ...

Kent Stevenson was stumped when he was asked some 15 years ago to compose a gospel version of the Magnificat, a biblical passage set to music performed for hundreds of years as a grand choral and ...

The Grammy-nominated singer jumped from gospel to opera to spirituals to jazz; he considered it all sacred. In 1981, an industry newcomer named Jubilant Sykes released his debut album, Number of the ...

Israel (MNN) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance has now joined other top officials in Israel to help keep the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal moving forward. Both Israel and Hamas representatives say they’re ...

The discussion around Maverick City Music highlights how commercial success and congregational value are two different things. Since its first album in 2019, Maverick City Music has been both praised ...

(RNS) — Preaching the gospel anywhere can change lives and hearts, from false motives or true. But Kirk’s memorial didn’t happen in a vacuum. (RNS) — As a historian of American Christianity, I’ve ...