Looking back at the painful and difficult history of being Black in America, religion has always been an important cultural and spiritual backbone — constantly sustaining and replenishing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings ...

For the enslaved Africans, music – rhythm in particular – became a tool of communication about their conditions. Later, it ...

Gospel music is more than just a genre; it is a spiritual experience that transcends time and space. For centuries, believers have turned to gospel music to deepen their faith, find solace in ...

How the Great Migration changed music in the black church forever. In the 1920s, Chicago’s first African American congregations were at a crossroads. After decades of investment, the churches and ...

Some of protest music’s power has to do with singing itself. Making music in a group creates a tangible sense of community ...

For many millennials and Gen Z Christians, Ron Kenoly and Don Moen were the go-to gospel ministers in the early 1990s to mid-2000s.

WEST FARGO - Jack Fuller grew up in a musical family and loves music. But, the West Fargoan didn't start playing a musical instrument until 2009. He was 68 years old. Fuller began to take private ...

"I'm just here to say, 'Hey, I think that there's got to be something higher happening, but I don't know what it is. I don't have the answers,' the musician tells PEOPLE Hymns and Hallelucinations, ...

A handful of classic rock songs have religious overtones. For example, one of Cat Stevens’ songs is a rewrite of a Christian hymn. That’s very interesting, considering that Stevens is now one of the ...