CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up marked his 70th birthday Sunday with gospel music and a balloon release outside his boyhood home. A small crowd attended the festivities ...

Ifedayo Gatling remembers when he met the teacher who would change his life, musician Eli "Paperboy" Reed. IFEDAYO GATLING: I was so nervous because there was this star quality about him. Like, ...

Continuing a tradition seven decades in the making, gospel music will ring throughout Labor Day weekend at the Breaks Interstate Park amphitheater. It's the 70th annual Tri-State Gospel Sing. This ...

Nashville Life Music has the sonic vision board of utilizing musical and cultural influences of a vast demographic to create fun, and Gospel centered praise music, according to Alvin Love III, lead ...

For 70 years, the New Orleans traditional gospel group the Rocks of Harmony has stood steadfast thanks to the seven Jackson brothers. Only two remain. Andrew Jackson Sr., the 79-year-old “baby” of the ...

How Thomas Dorsey decided to give up a thriving jazz career for “Precious Lord.” Thomas Dorsey was 33 years old and had a flourishing career in secular music. In the previous 15 years, the Georgia ...

As the year closes, we thought it would be cool to compile a list of the best gospel songs of 2016. These tracks range from southern soul rhythms, to hip-hop soliloquies, and all that falls in ...

Amid the numerous radio stations in the Knoxville market is WKXV. Through its focus on the niche market of gospel music and religious broadcasting, it has long been popular to its faithful listeners ...