Earl Thomas was just about on top of the world — literally — when he decided to retire from music after his November 2019 performance at the Dark Season Blues Festival in Svalbard, Norway, just 500 ...

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Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events on Monday announced performers and more information for this summer’s Blues Fest, Gospel Music Fest and the House Music Festival and ...

In a classroom setting, it’s gospel choir director Adrian Davis’ smile that brings the passion of gospel music alive for students. With 80 students, a pianist, a guitarist and a drummer, Davis stands ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...

Known as the “Queen of Gospel,” Mahalia Jackson needs no introduction. Countless award-winning gospel, blues, soul and jazz singers cite her as one of their key influences. Over the course of her ...

Few people in the history of recorded music have had as profound an impact as Quincy Jones. He’s a legendary composer and performer whose work has crossed multiple genres, races and media, a 30-time ...

Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings are found in the music sung, and passed down, by enslaved people in ...

Clifton Henry Dennis Jr. can recall spending countless evenings as a young boy huddled together with his family around their vintage radio, gospel music spilling forth from its speakers. Forget about ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Keilana is an accomplished musician, songwriter and vocalist who has become one of ...