This is FRESH AIR. Postwar black gospel music was one of the most important musical genres that shaped soul music through the mid-'70s. But short of crate digging for some LPs and singles, it's been ...

If you are around the age of 52 to 60, I am sure you remember the late great J.T. Highball who played the Hammond B3 organ with showmanship. My father, Professor James Wade II, Bill Lawson, Helen ...

This fall brings a new collection of some old spirituals and gospel music, first recorded back in the 1970s. The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1 aims to give a second life to some ...

In the late 1990s a small group would gather at the McDonalds in Dayton, Tn. to sing the old Gospel songs. They brought their instruments and it was hamburgers and hymns. Eddie Hixson, who has been ...

DALLAS - Fred Hammond was ready to give up. The basic bass guitar his mother had given to him to play at church was sitting under his bed, unused. After a few months, his frustrated mother, Mildred ...

Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian.” He attended Methodist and Baptist churches where ...

The chart-topping worship leader has re-located to Atlanta, and is currently touring small rock venues across the U. S. with a “kitschy” Americana collective that has two albums in the works. Since ...

Tucked in the corner of a library on the Baylor University campus in Waco, the Black Gospel Archive is giving old gospel recordings new life. "I had absolutely no exposure to gospel music when I ...

Men's gospel choirs from six Grand Rapids churches will sing in a 6 p.m. concert Saturday at Brown-Hutcherson Ministries. It will be the final performance in a series of concerts the men have sung ...

Who: Featuring David Crowder, with special guests Stetson and Cia When: Doors open 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25 Where: The Intersection, 133 Grandville Ave. SW Tickets: $34 VIP (includes early entrance ...