Aretha Franklin, a singer who began her career with gospel music and was later crowned the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday after battling a range of health issues. Often simply called “Aretha,” ...

Following the release of her new album, the luminous (and legendary) singer came to Portsmouth to kick off a dozen or so tour ...

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For nearly 40 years, the Rev. Huston Crayton Jr. has been leading Sunday services at the Lincoln Congregational Church in Brockton. His sister Joyce directs the choir. “I make sure all my songs have a ...

"Gospel music is food for the soul," says Sareya Murchison of Milwaukee gospel station WGLB-FM (96.1) at the start of "Real Soul: A Gospel Music Story." With their new documentary about the local ...

DETROIT – The third annual Gospel & Soul event, sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17. This year's event, which will once again be co-chaired and co-hosted by ...

Queen Esther Marrow knew the Queen of Soul, not just as an artist, but as a friend. So when the legendary singer Aretha Franklin died on Thursday at age 76, Marrow — a gospel singer from Newport News ...

The McCrary Sisters – Ann, Deborah, Regina and Alfreda – dazzled a packed house on Saturday evening, Sept. 22nd at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. It was the latest concert in the Gospel Roots of ...

Bible & Tire Recording Co. is the work of Bruce Watson, who has spent a lifetime helping to create, preserve and resurface notable soul, blues and... "It's soul music without the sex," says Bruce ...

Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complemented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group the Staple Singers, has died at his home outside Chicago. Pervis Staples died May 6 at 85, ...