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

In our last installment of the KPBS Summer Music Series, we turn to the world of gospel music and learn the history of African American spirituals, and the way they seeded much of popular American ...

The Kona Choral Society provides an opportunity to honor the rich legacy and influence of African-American music at its 8th Annual Gospel Heritage Concert, “Guide My Feet.” The free community concert ...

Ryan Napier and Clifton Jones talk gospel music and preview their Feb. 28, performance at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, The Good News Experience: A Journey Through Gospel Music.

When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at a mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL to kick off the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, it was before “5,000 hymn-singing blacks.” ...

EASTON — The Covenant Gospel Choir under the direction of Leroy “Spanky” Potter, along with The Second Generation Community Chorus under the direction of Ambia Hooper, EBC For Christ Trio and Ayla ...

is preparing for a concert that's been 75 years in the making. Saturday evening, they'll perform at 6:30 p.m. at Cleveland's Holy Trinity Baptist Church, celebrating the 1937 founding of the famed ...

In this special Black History presentation, Miz April features a segment highlighting Jester Hairston, a beloved choral director, actor and ambassador who was a leading expert in Negro Spirituals and ...

During the era of slavery, those who labored in captivity pioneered a musical motif that began as “unaccompanied songs of sorrow and hope," said Everett McCorvey, founder, director and principal ...

A half-century ago, Elizabeth King and Elder Jack Ward recorded for D-Vine Spirituals. The label’s masters found a new home, giving their music — old and new — a second chance. By Stephen Deusner ...

Spirituality can be viewed in many ways, such as the search for purpose, the belief there is something greater than oneself, or transcendence of self. In the second episode of Rivers of Rhythm, a ...