In Sacramento, the blue Easter morning seemed always to rhyme with the gospel account of the three Marys wending their way through a garden to discover an empty tomb. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you? Did you preach the gospel through song?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Berkeley had few faculty positions to offer members of the Rad Lab, and, in any case, sending his people out into the world was a crucial factor in spreading the cyclotron gospel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This is a perverted idea of family loyalty....They claim faith, but this is not what the gospel teaches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The radio hummed with the faint warble of the gospel hour program. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was young, and he looked up often as he read the gospel, his brown eyes piercing the congregation. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody came up with the idea of hiring a gospel band with a keyboard player, who wears shades and plays too loud, but no one’s complaining. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is reassured, he writes back; her letter felt like a gospel to him, like deliverance. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet, except for the little radio on the counter, playing the gospel station. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the Poor Heathen! Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

His passion is to preach to “those who work in the darkness, in the heart of the earth..., are very moved by the message of the gospel and also believe it.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We had started meeting a few months back to discuss issues that came up in the gospel and to do Christ’s work in the bohios and barrios. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it is more or less taken as modern gospel that profound scientific truth frequently accomplishes the opposite of what Epicurus recommended, costing us peace of mind. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

A sign announced a gospel sing at the Mount Zion Baptist Church that took place back in 1957, if anyone wanted to know. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Ratignolle had spoken what she believed to be the law and the gospel The young man shrugged his shoulders impatiently. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

For music that has been combining elements of both for long enough to have developed its own traditions, listen to any jazz, blues, gospel, Latin dance, or reggae. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Logos, in the first sentence of St. John’s gospel, is the original Greek for the Word that “was with God and... was God. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The spirit did not steal away on gospel wings. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma hums gospel and wherever I move, she seems to know. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

It was even harder to keep my mind on Mass because the priest, who spoke Igbo throughout, did not talk about the gospel during the sermon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she heard Miss Josie’s rich voice singing a gospel tune. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She hums with gospel songs on the radio and says, “Give me strength, Lord. Give me strength.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And while Our Father was preaching the gospel of poisonwood, his own daughter Ruth May rose from the dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then don’t say. Sing Lift that voice God’s given you. Use those hands that God blessed with music. Spread the gospel through song. Young people love music.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We sang the old gospel songs of our people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you, a minister of the gospel, taunting me with godlessness, even while teaching it to your son?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I knew he had anointed me to preach the gospel, to bind up the brokenhearted, and to proclaim liberty to the captives. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After all, King himself was speaking, first and foremost, as a preacher, fulfilling an emerging mission of religion: preaching the social gospel of justice and equality. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I started noting the deadness in Padre Ignacio’s voice, the tedium between the gospel and communion, the dry papery feel of the host in my mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Up to 1953 I had regarded as gospel everything that emanated from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges,” one of them remarked bitterly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This is the freedom that one hears in some gospel songs, for example, and in jazz. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Merchants and charlatans gained control of Europe, calling their insidious gospel “The Enlightenment.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nights, when she isn’t working, she sings gospel at the New Life Church, a few blocks over. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But the moment she heard gospel, her mood lifted. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the four corners of the music room, there’s only me and Mrs. Walton and gospel music rattling through my bones. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Like any second she was going to sing gospel. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

His only request is that I sing his favorite gospel song, “Amazing Grace.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Doctor Cooper was putting more politics than gospel into his sermons that fall and more fear of‘taxation without representation’ than God into his congregation. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kinda like a preacher preaching the gospel and the congregation shoutin’ “Amen.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But she had; she was here; she preferred, then, to hear him preach the gospel than to linger with others in carnal delight. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, okay. Do they practice the signs gospel there?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

At Union Baptist Church, Marian heard a gospel of dignity and pride. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if you know it, but there’s a whole circuit of commercial gospel entertainers who have come out of these little churches in the city ghettoes or from down South. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The impetus was the publication of a highly sensationalized book, The Hydrogen Bomb: The Men, The Menace, The Mechanism, by journalists James Shepley and Clay Blair Jr., which accepted Teller’s version of events as gospel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“He done blessed me already, Reverend. He blessed me when He saved your soul and sent you out to preach His gospel.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“If you didn’t have a mother around, then who taught you how to dress like you do? And where on earth did you learn about gospel and soul music? Aren’t Portuguese people Catholic or something?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As he passed the home of Mike Nash, his neighbor and fellow gospel singer, he noticed that the car was still in the driveway. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Think of a favorite pop or gospel tune that, near the end, has the soloist "ad libbing" while the back-up singers repeat the refrain. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Sicilian’s word was not just law, it was gospel. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But even if the man’s every word was gospel, Dewey and his colleagues had not yet unearthed one bit of solid supporting evidence—“courtroom evidence.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home he hardly communicated with anyone but went immediately to his tiny room, where he listened to the gospel music of James Cleveland. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small boom box leaned against one wall blaring a gospel call-in show, with a preacher screaming something about the Lord curing a caller of hepatitis. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And Mrs. Walton, who knew you play gospel music?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Van glanced out the window, into the seminary, a Mormon teaching center where students are allowed to spend a period each school day learning the gospel and earning credits toward seminary graduation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a gospel tune exactly, but it carried all the personality of one. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned the radio on but changed the station from gospel to hip-hop, which on any other day would’ve been totally cool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mom must be home and she must be cooking or cleaning, because that’s the only time she goes into gospel music mode. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I seem to recall music—jazz or gospel—playing in the back, but conflicting with that I also remember a deep quiet overcoming everything. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He could not claim, as African savages might be able to claim, that no one had brought him the gospel. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Like Duke, Washington was above all a pragmatist who preached a gospel of industrial progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally you must become a kind of activist, sharing and spreading the gospel. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not until He laid her low, before this very altar, had she dared to rise and preach the gospel. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Coach O told them to leave everything they had on the mat—blood, sweat, all of it—and Luke treated it like gospel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

These were my boosters, my believers, my own personal gospel choir, singing, Yes, kid, you got this! all the way through. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The rich, familiar sounds of a black gospel choir in concert with West’s secular samples and on-the-fly beatmaking sounded fresh and aesthetically sanctifying, if not spiritually so. Kanye West’s True Salvation on “Jesus Is King” 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

But the instrumentalists’ understated style suited Cohen’s delivery, and their transglobal reach touched on East European gypsy flavors, flamenco, blues, gospel and the swing jazz of the opening “Dance Me to the End of Love.” Concert review: Leonard Cohen at Akoo Theatre 2012-11-24T07:58:00Z

The gospel singers and the DTH women filter African American culture through classical training. Review | In Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America, a women’s movement 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

The closing artist, Mavis Staples, will bring a touch of gospel to the whole affair; chicagofestivals.net/music/blues-2/blues. Summer Stages 2012-05-17T19:59:09Z

Mr. Riggins’s snare and bass drums kick up dust on the offbeats, and Mr. Glasper — first on bubbling electric keyboard, then on acoustic piano — refuses to let his levitating gospel chords touch the ground. The Playlist: Drake Preps for a Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

The series begins as the family flies from Atlanta to Newark to spend Mother’s Day with its matriarch, the gospel singer Cissy Houston, and to make its first visit to Houston’s grave. The Week Ahead: Oct. 21 — 28 2012-10-21T07:30:05Z

“I get out of bed and see the guys buzz-sawing down his door so they can move in a grand piano. He felt like playing piano and singing gospel songs.” Lisa Marie Presley, Singer-Songwriter and Daughter of Elvis, Dies at 54 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

But Ms. Houston got her own commanding showcase in the gospel standard “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” which revels in her voice. Playlist : New Music by Lianne La Havas, Jovanotti, Blonds and Opossom 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z

Afterward a group of women came out to sing gospel songs a cappella in their headscarves. I hosted a plantation retreat. Is it too late to say I’m sorry? 2014-01-20T15:30:00Z

SUN Contemporary gospel music and traditional African music and dance by African children’s choir, 6:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-03-25T16:35:26Z

She signed to Columbia Records in 1960, a move widely interpreted as her leaving gospel to pursue wealth and fame on the wider stage of pop. Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z

She later returned to the stage, playing gospel shows and R&B events. Fontella Bass obituary 2012-12-28T13:51:36Z

Mr. Mellencamp’s skillfully turned songs are mostly country-inflected rock, with hints of gospel, blues and, yes, zydeco folded into the mix. ‘Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,’ From Stephen King and John Mellencamp 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

He visited often, to see a woman he called his “second mother and mentor,” a choir teacher named Lena McLin, the niece of the legendary Thomas A. Dorsey, the godfather of gospel music. R. Kelly and the Damage Done 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

This is jazz with bop, blues and gospel elements, oriented around standards and common-practice harmony, casual but wide awake. Playlist : New CDs: Jesse Davis, Cyrus Chestnut, Bobby Womack 2012-06-10T04:23:03Z

Shaping his style, Jones became a master of melisma, a gospel technique that involved the stretching of a syllable across several musical notes that were decorated and feathered at their ends for maximum emotional impact. George Jones 2013-04-26T17:06:44Z

Hollister has also released seven solo records, including a successful foray into gospel. U2 reworking hits with Blackstreet member 2010-07-23T10:10:00Z

How that personal and public gospel can overcome the remaining agendas of racism in America is the subject of this book. Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

Factor in the punk, gospel and R&B threads woven together with the narratives, and this is as convincing a set as the weekend as yet seen. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z

There was a gospel choir, and dancing from Secretariat, the fake horse. On 'The Late Late Show,' Craig Ferguson became best host on TV 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

"From day one, literally God and gospel were the driving forces behind the man and his music," his website said. Solomon Burke dies at Amsterdam airport at 70 2010-10-10T20:15:00Z

They've dabbled in most genres of country, from gospel to rock to pop. Brooks & Dunn: You're gonna miss 'em when they're gone 2010-04-29T20:12:00Z

A jazzed-up version of the song, complete with vamping horn players and a gospel choir, also saw release that same year. How George Harrison made his last number 1 hit, "Got My Mind Set On You" 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

I found the segue into gospel style — with finger-snapping — in the “holy, holy” section slightly distracting, though it certainly had historical resonance. Cantate, Afro Blue singers premiere cantata on race in the U.S. 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

For me, gospel music will always be soul food’s official soundtrack. It didn’t matter that we were in Denver. In my mother’s house, soul food reigned. 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

Of particular note, the ensemble periodically chimes in on songs that vary in style, from gospel to rock to sea shanty. In the life-without-death play ‘A Bid to Save the World,’ oranges are the new black 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

But his application of it was mixed — gospel, R&B, pop. "American Idol" down to four: ranking the field 2011-05-06T17:12:07Z

Then a southern gospel preacher arrives and everything turns sinister. Marisa Carnesky 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z

Indeed, these days it's hard to find a Mexican restaurant in the whole East Bay still using tortillas from a bag, thanks in part to Cosecha's decade-plus of spreading the housemade tortilla gospel. At Bombera, Oakland’s Chicano cooking heritage is the future  2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

A pioneering modern dancer and choreographer in the 1930s, she helped spread the new dance gospel around the world and made her mark in theater as well. Dance Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T00:43:41Z

When he toured with his brothers, he toured playing gospel music. Candi Staton recalls the late Bobby Womack, her friend of 60 years 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

The third and final installment, “Happening,” brings sonic tables, cattle auctioneers and a gospel choir together for an aural experience like no other. | How Doug Aitken Stole the Show, Part III 2010-12-20T18:00:22Z

He also won two Grammy Awards that year, in the sacred and gospel performance categories, for a single with “Let Me Live” on one side and “Did You Think to Pray” on the other. Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Black Superstar, Dies at 86 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z

A couple of pertinent new categories, best American roots music performance and best roots gospel album, were just announced, following on the heels of best American roots song, new this year. Americanafest NYC at Damrosch Park Bandshell 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

He’s big enough that he was asked to perform at the American Music Awards Sunday night, complete with gospel choir. Macklemore’s new Very Special song: Do we really need a Bono for hip hop? 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

He came up in the gospel and stride traditions, in which solo piano predominated. For the First Time, Thelonious Monk’s Songbook Swings Solo 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

A gospel choir sang alleluias along with the stately hymns; non-Christian religious figures were given roles in the highly Protestant ceremony. Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

Porter refashions the Sondheim standard into a rousing gospel anthem and at the end shouts, “God bless you all. Pay your checks and get out!” Billy Porter’s New Book Isn’t Just a Memoir; It’s a Testimony 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

The children’s chorus, with boys in ties and girls in wide-brimmed hats, broke out with the gospel tune “This Little Light of Mine” – in Samoan. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Auckland, Exploring the South Seas Without Setting Sail 2012-04-10T19:43:38Z

“The worst is far behind us now,” Mr. Wade promises on “Aftermath,” a piano ballad fortified with military drums and a gospel choir. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z

The Womacks were raised to believe that hell awaited gospel singers who sang pop music, Bobby told interviewers, and at first they resisted Cooke’s summons. Bobby Womack, Songwriter and Musician, Dies at 70 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The show, which is having its world premiere at Pasadena Playhouse, tells the story of Rosetta Tharpe, a guitar-strumming gospel, blues and rock singer who has been dubbed the godmother of rock ’n’ roll. Pasadena Playhouse's 'Shout Sister Shout!': Why a rock trailblazer fails to ignite as theater 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Virtually all the great soul singers either started in gospel or were shaped by it. 10 mainstream musicians who wouldn’t exist without gospel 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

There is a trail of admiring correspondence with Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright and president of the Czech Republic, who helped spread the subversive gospel of Reed’s group the Velvet Underground in the Soviet days. Lou Reed Archives Head to New York Public Library 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

Through her show, she hopes to spread the gospel of holistic living. Up Close: B. Smith, a Renaissance Woman, Comes Home 2011-06-15T17:21:40Z

To an outsider's ear it sometimes sounds distinctly African, at others Latin American; occasionally it has shades of gospel or European choral music. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z

Restaurant kitchens during both World Wars operated under the gospel of the clean plate. How restaurants are tackling waste 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

Dabbling in gospel is something of a secret weapon, giving their material a feeling of emotional heft. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

A live band and gospel choir kicked off the service with a set of upbeat worship songs, followed by a rendition of Pharrell Williams’s “Happy,” with guests dancing and clapping along. ‘Our Love Is Built to Last’ 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

That’s the meaning of gospel music, and it’s a special ingredient that keeps spirits up. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

In the later phase of his career, Hamilton, who was born in North Carolina, concentrated on gospel music and making recordings of inspiration recitations, a type of spiritual song. Country musician Hamilton dies at 77 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

With a Chicago home base, the Staple Singers toured to spread gospel and gospel-inspired protest songs, filling sanctuaries with Pops' influential guitar work, rich with an electrified tremolo tone, and the family's pitch-perfect harmonies. Sound of civil rights rings out in resurrected Staple Singers records 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

"We were the first gospel group to be allowed to bring a guitar into church," he claimed in his unpublished memoir. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

One True Vine is a gospel album; however, its earnest sentiments are universal. Mavis Staples Spreads Love and Joy on One True Vine 2013-06-26T09:45:05Z

“And if it’s understood that gospel music provides the origins of modern rhythm and blues and rock ’n’ roll, the Ward Singers would have to be counted as the most influential gospel group.” Willa Ward, Gospel Singer, Dies at 91 2012-08-23T02:11:34Z

In the years since, she has swung from rock to country to gospel, earning a cult following as the Queen of Rockabilly. Rockabilly Queen Prolongs Her Party 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z

The Edwin Hawkins Singers turn a gospel arrangement of an 18th-century hymn into a No. 4 pop hit, “Oh Happy Day,” gospel’s first gold record. Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Keith Richards has acknowledged borrowing the guitar riff from their 1961 recording of the gospel classic “This May Be the Last Time” for the Rolling Stones’ 1965 hit “The Last Time.” Books of The Times: ‘I’ll Take You There,’ by Greg Kot 2014-02-20T13:00:01Z

"We used to gather around that piano at night and sing gospel for an hour. That was our entertainment." Johnny Cash's childhood home opens 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

“I had never really heard gospel music, or rhythm and blues,” said Cropper, who chuckles frequently as he talks. A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on musical legacy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

Now the 18-time Grammy Award-winning Queen of Soul is drawing on R&B, jazz, pop and gospel music in putting her stamp on songs by her fellow female vocalists. Aretha Franklin shows how to sing the 'Great Diva Classics' 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

This performance represents to me the sound of “Exile” in idealized form: a dark, dense, loosely played, semiconscious tour through American blues, gospel and country music, recorded in a basement in France. Music: Revisiting ?Main St.,? Rethinking the Myth 2010-05-20T03:39:00Z

Aside from demanding the air conditioning get shut off while in the midst of her second tune, Franklin appeared rejuvenated and cheerful, reaching back to her gospel roots on multiple occasions. Aretha Franklin in glorious form at Chicago Theatre 2011-05-20T13:38:00Z

As is typical of his group, there are affecting male harmonies throughout the song, partnered here with arrangements that verge on uproarious Southern gospel. New Music: Albums From Zac Brown Band and George Colligan 2013-12-23T22:34:00Z

But it was an album of old-timey gospel songs she essentially released for herself in 2004, “Lifeline,” that made “Sing the Delta” possible. Iris DeMent interview: After 16 years, the songs start to flow again 2013-02-07T04:22:00Z

The portrait this book creates is one of a company chasing profits, spreading the gospel of downsizing and offshoring, its leaders virtually unmoored from any guiding principles or moral code. McKinsey Is a Consulting Powerhouse. But Is It a Force for Good? 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Womack, who started his career singing gospel in the 1950s with his family group, the Womack Brothers, was flaunting his fortitude. Music Review: Bobby Womack Reviews His Career at City Winery 2013-12-22T22:04:40Z

The title track opens with a slow funk groove that grows into a bombastic gospel blues, and there’s plenty of falsetto and guitar heroics. The Unique Problem Posed by Prince’s Unreleased Songs 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

Cast members from the Broadway show “Motown: The Musical” will perform on one of the festival’s four stages, which will also feature gospel, salsa, reggae and hip-hop acts as well as dance performances. Spare Times for Aug. 16-22 2013-08-15T22:40:53Z

Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples sing an astonishing gospel duet. Questlove uncovers ‘Black Woodstock’ in his hit Sundance doc 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

He was also involved in producing gospel music and founded the New Dawn Christian Village in Los Angeles. Wilson, singer and producer, dies 2012-09-28T13:07:43Z

He was an accomplished gospel and R&B musician as well as a rock icon. ‘American Cool’ at the National Portrait Gallery

The Roberta Martin Singers, a touring gospel group, emerged from Pilgrim Baptist's youth choir, and Campbell joined it when she was in high school. Delois Barrett Campbell, gospel singer, dead at 85 2011-08-02T19:29:17Z

His tie-wearing harks back to the Wall Street uniform of the 1980s, the boom years of the American economy, when it was “morning in America” and Gordon Gekko preached the “greed is good” gospel. Trump vs. the Disappearing Tie 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

“Them Bones,” by the 1930s gospel group Mitchell’s Christian Singers, appears in two excerpts, framing something called “Dry Bones,” with Mr. Randolph singing lead. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z

Opera star Renee Fleming will lead a three-day festival of "American Voices," examining the different ways Americans sing, from country to jazz and gospel to pop. Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014 2013-03-05T16:55:17Z

In his later years he became a Seventh-Day Adventist and an accompanist for the gospel singer Del Delker, who recorded a religiously slanted version of his holiday standard: “Have Yourself a Blessed Little Christmas.” Hugh Martin, Songwriter, Dies at 96 2011-03-14T15:55:12Z

Cyrus Chestnut Some of the same things could be said about Cyrus Chestnut, who’s only a few years older than Mr. Davis: he’s rooted in gospel and an 80-year-old continuum of piano swing. Playlist : New CDs: Jesse Davis, Cyrus Chestnut, Bobby Womack 2012-06-10T04:23:03Z

The call and response communicates a sense of shared concern, shared struggle, and shared redemption – an ethos Gaye took from the gospel tradition that informs his musicality. "What’s Going On" at 50 — Marvin Gaye’s Motown classic is as relevant today as it was in 1971 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z

I took a course in the New Testament at Swarthmore, where I was told that the word "gospel" meant good news and referred specifically to the notion of spreading the good news about Jesus. 'Not to Be Missed': A critic shares his good fortune in movies 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

Knight, who also began her musical career at age four performing gospel, called the honor breathtaking. Kennedy Center to Honor Gladys Knight, George Clooney, U2 and Others 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

It is one of several scenes in which he mistreats his musicians, many of whom abandon him, beginning with his original gospel group, the Famous Flames. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

We're talking every kind of music: classical, jazz, folk, gospel, experimental fare, Native American song. 'Before Seattle Rocked': music history as social history 2011-10-27T20:10:05Z

He recorded more than 60 albums of sacred music, won a Grammy - best gospel recording in 1965 for his album "Southland Favorites" - and was one of the nation's best-known Christian singers. George Beverly Shea dies; sang at Graham crusades 2013-04-17T03:24:13Z

“Johnny & Donna,” from the gospel singer Mali Music’s new album “Mali Is...,” is a classic morality tale for the “Teen Mom” era. Willie Nelson, Mali Music and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

"We will always be open to partnerships that honor the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Word of God," seminary President Albert Mohler Jr. and trustee Chairman Matthew Schmucker wrote in a May 31 letter. "We are complicit": Only some churches are offering real reparations and repentance for slavery 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

Their relationship sets off a chain of events on the aptly named Empty plantation in Mississippi, including malicious interference by a jealous older man who claims to preach the gospel. Review | ‘The Prophets’ reimagines the lives of enslaved people with the epic love story of two men 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

Francis sang "Up to the Mountain" and did justice to the heavy gospel ballad. Bell dodges a bullett on 'X Factor' 2011-11-04T20:20:28Z

And we see how their talent, and the forces of African-American blues and white gospel, contributed to the earthy, infectious rockabilly spirit of early rock 'n' roll Phillips captured on influential recordings that still delight. 'Million Dollar Quartet' brings rock icons to life 2012-05-16T20:22:04Z

The story of how this happened is my story, and the gospel of self is the dark side of that chronicle. Jesus, big money and the GOP: Before Fox News, there was “The 700 Club” 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

By 1973, Mr. Morrison had consummated his fusion of rock, R&B, gospel, jazz, country, blues, folk, Celtic and classical music, and he had built an eager audience with hits like “Moondance” and “Domino.” CD Reissues: Van Morrison, Sarah Vaughn and More 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

Coal War starts life as sparse, modest, orthodox gospel, and dies as ecstatic psychedelic epic. This week's new tracks 2012-07-06T23:05:23Z

Morton’s father, Bishop Paul Morton, is pastor of Full Gospel Baptist churches in Atlanta and New Orleans and is himself a gospel artist. PJ Morton 1st artist in residence at Dillard University 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

And his opposition to inequality stems from Puritan preachers and the social gospel rather than socialism. Study of Obama Finds a Pragmatic Intellectual 2010-10-27T17:44:00Z

It was amazing, the exclamation point to a great night highlighting the incredible local gospel talent in Seattle. Sanjaya delivers rousing performance with local gospel choir 2010-04-16T12:15:00Z

Others may sing about how their man left them, but with Mavis it’s still that gospel feel. Music: A Little Nudge, and a Soul Singer Is Back to Her Roots 2010-09-19T04:35:00Z

“Jimmy’s background is 100 percent Americana and rooted in gospel and country,” Mr. Mollin said the other day. Music: Jimmy Webb Sings on ?Just Across the River? 2010-07-18T02:31:00Z

Mark's gospel, in particular, presents a Jesus who insistently refuses to use his own miracles to prove his status, and a company of disciples who are chronically incapable of understanding Jesus's challenges. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z

Best gospel winner Yolanda Adams, who also performed, gently took some of her peers to task, urging them to act mature and use their fame wisely. Houston tribute, obscenities highlight BET Awards 2012-07-02T14:40:50Z

At a recent one, Mr. Porter was all but directing the actors on the pacing of a scene that was underscored by gospel music. Billy Porter Tells His Own Story in ‘While I Yet Live’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Ms. Olatuja is an American gospel singer with a strong, lustrous tone and an amiably regal presence onstage. Music Review: E. J. Strickland Project and Olatuja Project at 92Y Tribeca 2012-01-19T23:32:37Z

In all, about 800 musicians will perform Cajun, jazz, blues, gospel, zydeco and funk. New Orleans French Quarter Fest kicks off Thursday 2012-04-11T18:41:17Z

Why did urban black Baptist churches initially resist gospel music, with its rural overtones? Dipped in controversy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Such concepts are gospel for playlist creators, who carefully choreograph the music to match time of day and customer behavior. The sound of great food _ curated restaurant music 2012-06-01T14:27:14Z

On the final day of the 13th annual Praise Fest, the free gospel music festival that started after Hurricane Katrina to bring locals back to New Orleans, the skies above Bayou St. John turned gray. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

Across the country, many local stations with primarily black audiences — known as urban radio, playing mostly soul, rap, R&B and gospel — put the music largely aside in favor of discussing the Charleston killings. Radio D.J.s Offer Comfort and Community After Charleston Church Killings 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

“Jesus’ Son” is a memorable and striking book, which for some years was passed around in creative-writing classes as a sort of secret gospel. Remembering Denis Johnson: A struggle with fate, faith, America and imagination 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

The range of genres—from folk to country to gospel—was a testament to Guthrie’s broad influence and roots. Woody Guthrie’s Star-Studded 100th Birthday Party 2012-10-15T16:43:47Z

It was sung extensively during the 19th century, and it’s remained a favorite in both black and white gospel traditions. From “Sweet Home Chicago” to “Yesterday,” the most-covered songs in history 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

So he sat his kids down in the living room in the evenings to teach them gospel. She’s still taking us there: Mavis Staples soars again in late career 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

And “Children Will Listen” distills what might be called the gospel according to Sondheim: ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Almost everyone appeared familiar with the words and sang so heartily it almost sounded as if there was a gospel choir in the room. So Many Phone Dates, Prayers and a Kiss at the Eiffel Tower 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

After British Prime Minister David Cameron went “arrogantly against the gospel” and changed the law to allow same-sex marriages, Silvester said the country had been “beset by storms.” 6 most absurd things the Christian right has blamed on gays 2014-04-11T12:15:00Z

The brothers also owned imprints that specialized in R&B, blues, teen-oriented tunes, early funk and gospel. Unearthing a Jackson 5 gem from Chicago label One-derful!

A disciple of the gospel of racial uplift, Villarosa implicates herself as one of many well-meaning professionals who assumed that the “problem” of Black health must simply be a matter of education and class. The Roots of Black Pain in America 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Yet there are moments of epic sweep, such as Let It Loose, with its gospel vocals and swelling brass. In praise of ? Exile on Main Street 2010-05-25T23:05:00Z

“She had a beautiful voice on the lower side and a perfect knowledge of blues and gospel singing,” Mr. Hyman said in an interview on Thursday. Carrie Smith, Singer in ‘Black and Blue,’ Dies at 86 2012-05-27T05:16:12Z

His body was covered in sweat, his voice was gruff, and thousands of people in the room went from boisterous to silent, sideswiped by DMX’s gospel. DMX, a Profound Vessel for Pain 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

“That touch of gospel feeling in there never existed with the Hare Krishnas, I can promise you that,” said Baker Bigsby, a Los Angeles audio engineer who worked with Ms. Coltrane for over 30 years. Alice Coltrane’s Ashram Recordings Finally Have a Wide Release 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

After an early start singing gospel in church, 43-year-old Porter says he grew up listening to soul music with his brothers and sisters. Gregory Porter: Less about the hat 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

“Getting Ready for Christmas Day” juxtaposes Mr. Simon, singing about a working man’s financial and family worries, with a death-haunted gospel sermon by the Rev. J. M. Gates recorded in 1941. Critics? Choice: New Cds: Wrapping Up Life and Death In One Album 2011-04-11T21:45:09Z

It charts the family’s origins in gospel music; their drift into folk, soul and pop; and the reverberations of their music during the civil rights era. Ben Lerner’s '10:04,' Leslie Jamison's 'Empathy Exams' and More 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Together, they worked tirelessly in essentially forging a template for what’s now called Americana music — rootsy sounds with elements of folk, country, gospel, R&B and other strains. Bob Dylan's 'Basement Tapes' release covers multiple formats 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

For a while, he got into black gospel music from the deep South. Historian Sean Wilentz on the Mysterious Bob Dylan 2010-10-21T08:40:00Z

I sang a bluegrass gospel number for the Achuar; David played guitar. Amazon Awakening 2010-10-15T18:24:00Z

The music coalesced into rhythmic, tolling modal chords, building like two-fisted gospel without the promise of release, then melting away, unresolved. Vijay Iyer Performs at BAM Harvey Theater 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

When he finished, Mr. West retook the center, then lay prostrate on the floor as Kirk Franklin, the gospel maximalist and bridge-builder, emerged to give a benediction. Review: Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo,’ Songs of Praise and Self 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

Other nominees at the Billboard Awards include Kanye West, who released two gospel albums last year. Post Malone, Kelly Clarkson, BTS set for Billboard Awards 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bland’s signature mix of blues, jazz, pop, gospel and country music was a good decade in the making. Bobby (Blue) Bland, Soul and Blues Balladeer, Dies at 83 2013-06-24T06:30:33Z

During this time I was solely allowed to study two genres: gospel and classical. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

The Gregory Brothers insert themselves into news footage to duet with political leaders Early videos saw Hilary Clinton singing about Somalian pirates, while the US Congress debated climate change as a call-and-response gospel song. Youtube if you want to... 2011-02-16T02:52:54Z

It used to be if you played blues you couldn’t play rock, if you played gospel you couldn’t play R&B. He gave me permission to do all that. Joe Louis Walker, the blues and beyond 2012-06-06T21:49:00Z

It allowed me to expand from country into R&B, into jazz, into gospel, wrapped all in one. Stax's past influences future musicians in Memphis 2013-05-16T08:52:09Z

A year later, however, he recorded an album of gospel songs in Nashville and, during the session, found that his right hand had begun moving, allowing him to pound the keys. Jerry Lee Lewis, a Rock ’n’ Roll Original, Dies at 87 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

The guest this time is Shenel Johns, a vocalist who performs jazz, R&B and gospel. Spare Times for Aug. 7-13 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Lipstick, nylons and she’s out the door, tipping past the church house, Dixie Peach in her hair, greased forehead shining like gospel, like gold. Natasha Trethewey’s Poems Take Wing on Intimate Details 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

"Wings of a Dove," a gospel song, became another No. 1 country hit in 1960 and was one of his signature songs. Country entertainer Ferlin Husky dies at age 85 2011-03-17T21:14:08Z

Born into poverty, Mr. Myles was a gospel prodigy but was also bullied endlessly by his brothers. Complicated Legacy of a Gospel Singer 2014-04-28T20:45:33Z

He's the son of a preacher man – no, really – who was raised singing gospel in a tiny American town. New band of the day - Allen Stone (No 1,430) 2013-01-14T16:40:56Z

In a night of remarkable gospel music, Sanjaya stole the show with his solo performance. Sanjaya delivers rousing performance with local gospel choir 2010-04-16T12:15:00Z

Technically it’s still November, but a set’s worth of Christmas music from the inimitable Blind Boys of Alabama is about as festive as it gets — especially for blues and gospel fans. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

Staples said she wished her father was still alive to enjoy the fact that “a little ole gospel singer” is being honored. James Taylor, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples selected for Kennedy Center Honors 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The sublime Chicago soul singer, 71, is riding high with the success of her new disc, "You Are Not Alone" — a terrific gospel and pop set produced by Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy. What our writers love this week 2010-10-20T23:22:00Z

Although it’s taken as gospel by many, he claims that the disease model reduces the role of personal choice inherent in the addictive cycle. ‘The Fix’: the engineered temptations of modern life 2013-05-29T22:21:37Z

The gospel singer and Pharrell were to perform a song from the movie “Hidden Figures” Thursday on the show. Singer Kim Burrell off 'Ellen' show after anti-gay sermon 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

Still, because it’s less exceptional, it’s easier to hear it as a report on mainstream gospel aesthetics, musicianship and sense of pacing. More Than Tools: Sometimes Instruments Inspire 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

But Tammy Faye Bakker never really owned up to her part in the corruption behind the "prosperity gospel" she and her husband promoted. Perspective | Seeing ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ through a feminist lens 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Many gospel stars ended up on the cutting room floor. Gospel music documentary a spiritual awakening 2011-06-22T21:14:06Z

Ms. Franklin belonged to the gospel church; she belonged to the pop public; she belonged to the civil rights and women’s rights movements; she belonged, emphatically, to Detroit. In a Hometown Send-Off, Aretha Franklin Belongs to Everyone 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Then 22, the singer performed Peace in the Valley, a gospel standard, as a tribute to the Hungarians' plight. Elvis Presley to be named honorary citizen of Budapest 2011-03-03T12:01:26Z

Four of the five songs nominated for top gospel song are from West. Sweet 16: Post Malone leads Billboard Awards nominations 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

She’s got the No. 1 album on the Billboard gospel chart, and co-stars in a successful reality show, “Mary Mary,” on We TV. Music Review: ‘Women Who Worship’ at McDonald’s Gospelfest in Newark 2014-05-11T21:55:03Z

The night began with the bluegrass gospel group Janet Turner & Friends. On Virginia?s Crooked Road, Music Lights the Way 2011-05-20T19:29:44Z

Playing the musical’s subject from age 16 to nearly 50, she sings more than 20 beloved hits from Turner’s catalog, ranging from soulful gospel to ferocious rock ’n’ roll. From Annie to Tina Turner, and Trained to Go the Distance 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

She sang gospel music on the Nashville radio station WSIX, and Mr. Wright and his sister Louise soon began performing with her on the air. Johnnie Wright, Country Singer and Bandleader, Dies at 97 2011-09-27T17:00:08Z

Its story concludes in 1972 with Franklin reclaiming her church heritage to record her landmark live gospel album, “Amazing Grace.” Jennifer Hudson Knew Aretha Franklin. To Play Her, She Had to Learn More. 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Songs of the Southern Freedom Movement” is published, featuring several gospel songs adapted for the civil rights era. Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Beginning in the early 1960s, Skippy White was — and still remains — an all-purpose cheerleader for Boston’s soul and gospel music scenes: record store proprietor, radio D.J., and when necessary, record label owner and producer. Boxing Up the Past: The Year in 16 Pop, Rap, Soul and Jazz Sets 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

She sang the gospel standard “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Grammy Awards: Pharrell Williams, Madonna and Sia Offered Hymns Somber and Strange 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Are you singing gospel or are you singing about leaving a lamp lit for someone to sneak in?” How Do You Sing Blind Willie Johnson? 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

There are theories of truth in gospel but to most people it’s unimportant. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

Copeland and her sizzling five-piece band are funking it up good at Jazz Alley through Sunday night, with a set of blues, rock-inflected R & B and even a little gospel, to rev up the soul. Review: Shemekia Copeland brings in the funk at Jazz Alley 2010-08-22T19:12:00Z

Many modern Black Catholic churches draw enough influence from gospel and African Methodist Episcopal traditions to make a side tour redundant, perhaps. PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

“Some of the best voices in the world are gospel singers,” she said. Bonzie Longs for a Post-Pandemic ‘Reincarnation’ 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

“Big Baby D.R.A.M.” is full of offhand riffs on several decades of black musical styles — “Get It Myself” leans in on a sort of D.I.Y. gospel harmonizing, filtered through 1970s electro funk. Review: ‘Big Baby D.R.A.M.’ Finds a Rapper-Singer in Whimsy Mode 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

One song reworks Irving Berlin’s 1924 ballad “All Alone” with new lyrics about racism and discrimination in America, penned by the gospel singer Jermaine Dolly. Old Songs in the Public Domain Get Makeovers With a Purpose 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

His voice is less gimmicked, the keyboard chords are gospel and the vocals have the hip-hop flow of “Trapped in the Closet,” as Mr. Kelly attacks naysayers and shows he can sing again. New Music: New Albums by R. Kelly and Parmalee 2013-12-09T22:29:43Z

Do not take these as gospel truth; instead, allow them to inform your understanding of your 5-year-old. Their 5-year-old is aggressive and quick to blame. What to do? 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

It casts a skeptical eye at the gospel of globalization that’s preached by Jane’s team, but its outrage is more directed at cynicism than at any specific system. Review: In ‘Our Brand Is Crisis,’ the War Room Goes to Bolivia 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Almost 200 years ago Thomas Jefferson produced a stripped-down gospel harmony styled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. Religion is not really about ethics 2011-04-08T17:15:52Z

As the preacher, J. Bernard Calloway rattles the rafters with “Let’s Come in the House,” a terrific gospel shout. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Supporters say dedicating a portion of the highway is an appropriate way to honor the musical and cultural icon, who grew up in Detroit and learned the gospel fundamentals at New Bethel Baptist Church. Michigan House OKs designating highway for Aretha Franklin 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Even in this earthbound, alternative version of the gospel, we know they are right. Macbeth, Mary and Midler: Solo Turns on Broadway 2013-04-25T09:45:35Z

She also sang for the film, delivering a soulful rendition of the gospel hymn "His Eye is on the Sparrow." Drowning killed Houston but drugs took high toll 2012-03-23T12:28:08Z

Adkins has been a performer most of his life, beginning as the bass singer in a gospel group while he lived in Louisiana. Trace Adkins really is "Proud To Be Here" 2011-08-03T21:54:43Z

Dylan turned his piano into an orchestra: rumbling, jazzy dissonance; terse counterpoint fills underneath his vocals; thundering gospel chords as prelude to spider-walking flourishes with both hands. Concert review: Bob Dylan at United Center 2012-11-10T06:43:10Z

“The Low Down Up On High,” the finale, flows with muted brasses and woodwinds, like bittersweet gospel. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z

With book, music and lyrics by Lelund Durond Thompson and Jason Michael Webb, it’s a memory play with music: pop, gospel and holiday. Review: In ‘The First Noel,’ a Forlorn Girl Longing for Holiday Gaiety 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

One recent evening, the Broadway choir, under the direction of Michael McElroy — one of Little Island’s resident artists — was the marquee event, in a program of show tunes with a gospel twist. Perspective | Little Island is New York’s latest landing strip for theater, music, art — and ambition 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

Christian rapper Lecrae doesn't fit the typical mold of a gospel artist. Review: Gospel rapper Lecrae's new album is solid 2012-09-04T17:31:05Z

Here are some important dates in the evolution of gospel: The term “spiritual songs” first appears in the book “Slave Songs of the United States.” Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Above, they perform the country gospel hit “Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms.” Doc Watson’s Legacy: What You Should Know About the Folk Legend 2012-05-30T14:57:44Z

He sounds peaceful only on “A Little Light,” which is rich with the influence of Southern gospel and the rare burst of optimism on this album. Sturgill Simpson’s ‘Metamodern Sounds in Country Music’ 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Organizers said on Wednesday they hoped dozens of music artists and fans of Latin jazz, gospel and blues music would join in the demonstration, and attend an alternative concert. Axed musicians to protest outside Grammy Awards show 2012-02-08T19:14:18Z

The gospel is being preached at “Charles James: Beyond Fashion,” entering its final weekend at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute and its renovated and rechristened Anna Wintour Costume Center. With Met Show, Fame Finally Comes to Charles James 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Brelyn, 22, is writing a book about her journey, “No Ring No Ting,” and Tim, 28, will release his latest gospel album in February. On Love: Brelyn Freeman & Timothy Bowman Jr. 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

One audience member asked if the show would tour, another wondered about a woman who had been calling out words of encouragement from her front-row seat, gospel- service style. For This Theater Leader, a Mission That Goes Beyond the Stage 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

His mother, the former Lillian Taylor, was a pianist and choir director, and his father, Samuel Rivers, was a gospel singer. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z

It was as if Sly and the Family Stone and gospel’s Edwin Hawkins Singers had linked arms in solidarity. 50 Years Ago, They Did Something Rare in Gospel: Tied Music to Protest 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

Cleotha Staples, one of the founding members of the renowned Chicago soul and gospel group the Staple Singers, died Wednesday at the age of 78. Cleotha Staples, founding member of the Staple Singers, dies at 78 2013-02-22T15:51:00Z

In June, concerts will highlight the music of jazz legend Duke Ellington, and the season will close with a night devoted to gospel. Noteworthy musical news: Boston Pops spring season returns 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

At the end of “Blessings,” Chance injects snippets of the gospel artist Fred Hammond’s 1998 hit “Let the Praise Begin”: “Are you ready for your blessing? / Are you ready for your miracle?” The Sound of Hope: Chance the Rapper 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

On Friday, the singer and songwriter sat beaming from an opera box near the stage while the Clark Sisters motored through a 40-plus-year catalog of danceable gospel hits, but she never took a bow. Solange Curates Powerful Performances of Black Joy and Pain at BAM 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z

The themes were vivid, their gospel and blues connections strong but sparingly applied, and a reflective piece such as Clouds In Reverie unfolded through gracefully interwoven jazz and classical music links. Music picks of the week 2010-05-14T23:33:00Z

He formed his first gospel group when he was 11, made up of kids from his Northeast Washington neighborhood. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Birthday events will include a Jan. 7 morning gospel concert featuring former members of J.D. Spate of events scheduled for Elvis' birthday 2011-11-08T23:32:29Z

He will honor gospel and blues singer Solomon Burke and be accompanied on the Grammy stage by soul singer Raphael Saadiq and his band, organizers said on Thursday. Mick Jagger to perform at Grammys for first time 2011-02-03T17:36:02Z

This "new gospel of the monkey" ends with a funky riot of music, "If there's gonna be a revolution, let it begin on a Saturday night." Quick hits: The genre-bending, joyous sound of Ozomatli 2011-09-24T16:01:00Z

It sounds simple: take the silky smooth vocals of a British crooner, add one slow-burning love song, mix in a backing gospel choir and — boom! — you have a chart-topping ballad. Here Are the 25 Best Songs of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

It was modeled on the traditional-music showcases at the Newport Folk Festival, but filled entirely with Louisiana’s own styles — jazz, blues, gospel, brass bands, zydeco, Mardi Gras Indians and much more. Jazz Fest at 50: The Stubbornness and Joy of New Orleans 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

Not connected to the gospel establishment, that is. Building a Small Empire Through Viral Gospel 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Lindsay was introduced as “the blue-eyed soul brother, ” and the gospel great Mahalia Jackson — who would join the newly solo vocal powerhouse Mavis Staples for a duet — spoke confidently of his impending victory. At ‘Black Woodstock,’ an All-Star Lineup Delivered Joy and Renewal to 300,000 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

From the amount Fallon talks about "old gospel choirs" you wouldn't think he was a child of the silicon chip age. The Gaslight Anthem 2010-06-27T21:46:00Z

Watkins' eponymous first album was an American-roots bonanza of yearning ballads, jaunty Texas swing and sparse gospel tunes, a collection that showcased not only her fiddling but also a sweet, accomplished voice. Sara Watkins: 'I wanted to leave my comfort zone' 2013-01-30T17:13:17Z

Make no mistake — this is an album full of gospel, even if it’s not, strictly speaking, a gospel album. Chance the Rapper Releases ‘Coloring Book,’ With Spirit 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

The daughter of a preacher who was himself a recording legend, Franklin revisited her roots with several acclaimed live gospel albums, including her 1972 Grammy winner "Amazing Grace." Aretha Franklin released from hospital 2010-12-16T03:29:40Z

I live in Nashville now and I just made a gospel record that is coming out. Dennis Quaid on his Hollywood long game: "I never cared about having a Tom Cruise-type of career" 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Some of the gospel greats could be condescending about the Staples sound. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

Over the years Mr. Crouch faced criticism from gospel purists and observers of strict church tradition that his music was overly secular. Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Thankfully, we get more from them in “Hallowed,” a short, tightly knit dance that is set to a cappella gospel songs. Abraham.In.Motion’s choreography is ambitious, yes, but rightly so

The free class for beginners on Saturday is an opportunity for Merzouki to espouse his gospel and maybe even change a few minds about hip-hop’s place in the world of concert dance. Music Center throws a four-day hip-hop party, and Brazilian dancers of Compagnie Käfig lead the way 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. West sings uplifting lyrics from the perspective of his late mother over autotuned gospel harmonies and Mr. McCartney’s sparse keyboard chords. A Kanye West-Paul McCartney Single Drops Just Before the Ball 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Tribbett is an exceptional gospel artist, and hearing it from a distance is the wrong idea. New Music: CDs From Leslie Grace, Derrick Hodge and Tye Tribbett 2013-08-05T22:06:12Z

It’s country gospel gone lurid, and it seems to rise up out of a nap. Music: Revisiting ?Main St.,? Rethinking the Myth 2010-05-20T03:39:00Z

His mother, Nona Brown, is a respected singer and pianist who worked for years with the gospel icon Edwin Hawkins. Justin Brown Is a Monster on Drums. Now He’s a Bandleader, Too. 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

The best known, “Take Me to the Water,” matches antique photographs of river baptisms with a CD of old gospel songs and sermons. Art: Jim Linderman Collects It All, Vintage Sleaze to Baptism Photos 2012-02-12T15:28:58Z

It was quite tricky, because it’s a gospel song and not only is the show not Christian, but the scenes where the song is used are quite intense. How ‘I May Destroy You’ Got Its Stunning Soundtrack 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

“We told them we were a new gospel band,” said O’Rourke. Beto O’Rourke is a Mexico-loving liberal in Texas. Can he really beat Ted Cruz? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Williams declared himself to be “in awe” and appealed to “everybody in the Christian world and the gospel world” to vote Hawthorne through. 'The Voice' recap: The top 12 turn up the heat 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

Daniels, the fiddle player behind the hit song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” was honored for his multi-genre style blending Southern rock, bluegrass, gospel and country music. Randy Travis stuns crowd, sings at Hall of Fame induction 3 years after stroke 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

In Adele's modern gospel hit Rolling in the Deep, the refrain "We could have had it all" is a primal wail of despair and anger that millions understood. Readers recommend: songs about disappointment – results 2013-03-14T14:00:00Z

Harris develops his take on gospel house as he elevates club culture to a higher spiritual realm. Review: Finding a Collective Groove in Church and in House Dance 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard gospel chart. BeBe and CeCe and the DNA of gospel 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

More likely, the man of many comebacks would have moved into a new direction — very likely gospel music, in which he’d already found some 1970s success. Perspective | Elvis Presley died 40 years ago, and he couldn’t have picked a worse time to do it 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z

For many of Little Richard’s gospel recordings, he transformed his voice into a devout but unctuous croon and sang over elaborately formal arrangements. Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

Spiritualized albums pull together myriad genres of music, everything from gospel to free jazz. Spiritualized's Jason Pierce hates making records, brilliant as they are 2012-04-26T21:34:00Z

The album booklet cites the anguished Psalm 22 — “Why are you so far from saving me?” — alongside the song “33 ‘God’,” which includes samples from a gospel choir. The Blessed, Cursed Life of Bon Iver 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

They captured an unforgettable moment in the zeitgeist when gospel and Appalachian music made an explosive comeback, culminating in the Grammy-clinching original "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow." The 22 Best Movie Soundtracks of the 2000s 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Glover has been making fierce — and elegant — music for years, moving from jazz to hip-hop to gospel and back. The Week Ahead: June 20 ? 26 2010-06-17T14:39:00Z

“Before you knew it, there was a ‘Jimmy Service,’ where he added his rock ’n’ roll touch to every gospel song he played,” she said. Jimmy Manolides, a Seattle musician and art curator, dies at 76 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Kelly is more alternative, and we both listen to gospel. Destiny's Child: 'We wear nothin' with our butt cheeks out, our boobs out' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-24T15:46:07Z

She was surrounded by music, often traveling on national tours with her mother and her gospel group. “Rescue Me” Singer Fontella Bass Dies 2012-12-27T20:08:10Z

Her voice held exhortations, gospel growls, flamboyant melismas, fast hip-hop articulation and melting romance. Review: Global Citizen Festival, Including Beyoncé and Pearl Jam, Mixes Music and Activism 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Isaacs, a family bluegrass gospel group, were certainly not newcomers, having made their debut Opry performance nearly 30 years ago. 5,000 Shows Later, the Grand Ole Opry Is Still the Sound of Nashville 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

“Blues for Good Friday,” with spirituals, gospel songs and jazz; the Theodicy Jazz Sextet. In the Air: Flowers, Parades and Easter in New York 2010-03-25T20:42:00Z

“Revelations,” Ailey’s signature work inspired by gospel and the African-American experience, isn’t humorous so much as electric. Paramount audience communes with Alvin Ailey company 2014-04-12T17:44:21Z

The century seemed to be concluding on a high note, and Mr. Fukuyama spread the gospel of triumph. Cultural Studies: Thomas Piketty, the Economist Behind ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ Is the Latest Overnight Intellectual Sensation 2014-04-25T23:51:03Z

Here was a cadre of radical lefties spreading their gospel through the very corporate media channels they were encouraging their flock to dismantle. Prophets of Rage and the trouble with fighting today’s wars using yesterday’s weapons 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

Without the plotline of the Christian gospel, with its messianic view of history, the purpose of life and our place in the world became woefully uncertain. The Two Faces of Suicide 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

“Greatest Gift,” out Dec. 14, includes hip-hop-inflected gospel on “Christmas With U” and the title track. Holiday Music for the Joyful, the Lonely and the Skeptical 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Executives at Peacock Records in Houston, a leading gospel label, signed the group to a contract after hearing their demonstration recording of “Sinner’s Confession” and shortened the name to the Mighty Clouds of Joy. Joe Ligon, Gospel Singer With the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dies at 80 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

He formed his first gospel group with his five brothers before he had reached his teens. Bobby Womack: 'I can sing my ass off, better than I could before' 2012-05-24T19:00:04Z

For classic American gospel revelation, the Blind Boys of Alabama serve up their Christmas show, "Go Tell It on the Mountain," a full musical meal of soulful thumping and swooning harmonies. Christmas with Selena Gomez, Blind Boys 2011-12-15T21:00:11Z

Higginson and her mother could feel the spirit of Troy in the room, Higginson said, and she was grateful to breathe life into the gospel musical once again. ‘Mama, I Want to Sing!’ Returns for 40th Anniversary 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Blues-suffused soul and traditional gospel sparked good vibes and sustained us through bad times. The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

It just sort of clicked, because to me it was my version of gospel, but it wasn't about Jesus. Van Morrison: 'Singing is my profession – there is no plan B' 2012-10-01T13:58:00Z

With accompaniment of this caliber, the glories of gospel music in America shook an auditorium more typically devoted to European symphonic fare. A flawed celebration of Mahalia Jackson's centennial 2011-05-21T14:55:00Z

One of its stars, Darlene Love, accepted the award singing the gospel tune “His Eye Is on the Sparrow”: “I sing because I’m happy / I sing because I’m free.” A historic night at the Oscars as ‘12 Years a Slave’ wins top prize 2014-03-03T06:04:47Z

They still figure prominently in her repertoire today, alongside gospel songs such as Jason Nelson’s “I Am.” They came to IHOP for pancakes. They stayed for her song. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

After recording and performing with Donald Lawrence’s Chicago group for nearly 10 years, the singer Anita Wilson has made her own moves recently, and they’re some of the better records in gospel right now. New Releases by Optimo, Anita Wilson and Dexter Johnson 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

There's enormous variety here, from the angry, rousing mining song The Davison-Wilder Blues, through to the gospel of Promised Land, and exquisite, timeless versions of great British ballads that migrated to the Appalachians. Hedy West: Ballads and Songs from?the?Appalachians ? review 2011-08-04T21:46:01Z

In 1996 the Browns reunited to record a gospel album, “Family Bible.” Jim Ed Brown, Smooth Voice on ‘The Three Bells’ and Other Hits, Dies at 81 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Rushmore of Country made four Christmas specials for CBS in the late 1970s that mixed holiday favorites, gospel tunes, novelty numbers, skits, and hits from Cash's august back catalogue. Holiday special! A YouTube Christmas, especially for you 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Her career started in the mid-aughts with gospel- and island-inflected tunes, but she struck gold with a combination of pop, R&B, hip-hop and electronic dance music. Rihanna to play KeyArena 2013-03-28T21:01:19Z

“He was saying that he got a lot of response from the two gospel songs that was on the last album,” Womack said. Remembering Bobby Womack: A Passionate, Reckless Soul Man to the End 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

Her 1967 album, “Tell Mama,” became one of the most highly regarded soul albums of all time, a mix of rock and gospel music. Etta James Remembered as Triumphant Trailblazer at Funeral 2012-01-28T21:54:03Z

Havens's improvised version of the gospel song Motherless Child evolved into Freedom at Woodstock and became an anthem of the 1960s hippy generation. Richie Havens dies aged 72 2013-04-22T22:21:35Z

The Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a Feeling.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Aretha Franklin brought out the song’s spirituality on her best-selling gospel album “Amazing Grace,” recorded live with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir in 1972. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: From Broadway Tear-Jerker to Covid-Era Anthem 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

On the surface, it plays like a gospel song, but it was meant to soothe a nation of black people doing their best to persevere. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

He played music while he painted, especially gospel, R&B and country. Thomas Nozkowski’s Final Statement 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

But the optimistic certainties of gospel are rare. New From Roots, Travie McCoy, Jason Moran and Nina Nastasia 2010-06-20T23:48:00Z

Poignant and cautionary, this blues, gospel and funk-inflected work argues that if we want to avoid this future we’ll need diversity, strength and a song or two. Can Art Change the World? With Song, Dance and Cowboy Clichés Two Shows Offer Different Answers 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Underwood kicked off the evening with her hit "Undo It" and a medley of her song "Jesus Take The Wheel" and the gospel standard "How Great Thou Art." Big names flock to Nashville for flood benefit 2010-06-23T06:31:00Z

The two-CD "Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth," focusing on gospel and spiritual songs recorded in the 1970s and `80s, will be out April 3 and will include some unreleased material. Cash's 80th birthday, legacy to be celebrated 2012-02-07T11:25:08Z

Like them, she borrows from gospel to express a viewpoint that is at once secular and spiritual. Review: Shaina Taub, Prolific Earth Mother, and Friends 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

The hand-played music on “Live at Carnegie Hall” reaches into funk, pop, folk, jazz and the fringes of gospel; the songs are kindly, hardheaded, romantic, socially conscious and perfectly plain-spoken. Review: A Bill Withers Tribute With His Soul Disciples 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the opening track, “Ultra Light Beam,” features the gospel singer Kirk Franklin, along with Mr. West’s fellow Chicago M.C. Kanye West Debuts ‘The Life of Pablo’ and His Yeezy Season 3 Collection 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

As he witnesses the political, economic and sexual oppression of his parishioners, he becomes convinced of the correspondences between Christ's gospel and Marx's theories. Michael Arditti: why I write fiction about faith 2013-07-26T10:47:00Z

He survived the shooting and proclaimed himself reborn as a good man who abhorred violence and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. "Justified": How FX's struggling TV western redeemed itself 2011-02-23T16:13:00Z

Crouch was one of only a handful of gospel performers to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Andrae Crouch, Legendary Gospel Figure, Dies at 72 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

"I put that little thing in it," he told Rolling Stone in 1970 of the way he tweaked with his gospel roots. Little Richard, founding father of rock who broke musical barriers, dead at 87 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

“Breathing Underwater” boosts Ms. Sandé with a gospel choir as she testifies, almost incredulously, to finding strength in spirituality. Emeli Sandé’s ‘Long Live the Angels’ Is Uncluttered and Strong 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Then as now, the intelligence of Mr. Kushner’s text is matched by the seamless variety of Ms. Tesori’s score, which incorporates rhythm and blues, Klezmer, gospel and folk into one shifting but seamless whole. In Revelatory Revivals, Women Sing Through the Pain 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

Street fairs spring up, where R&B and gospel acts perform, and where you will find proud dandies like Mr. Harris forming lines for fried fish, spareribs or Fred Flintstone-style turkey legs. Hot Links and Red Drinks: The Rich Food Tradition of Juneteenth 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

Concerts at the Locks: Patria Band, country gospel music, 2 p.m. Medieval County Faire and other weekend community events 2010-09-03T18:50:00Z

There's folk, rock, gospel, hip hop, funk, ethnic varieties, big band, 20-30's style, orchestras, big productions, light shows! Review: A Jazzfest Marathon Where Voices Lead the Way to Resistance and Renewal 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

She recorded it live, for an album of the same name, at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, in Los Angeles; the album eventually went on to become the highest-selling gospel release of all time. Aretha Franklin Is As Immortal As Can Be 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Reba McEntire, the country star, was asked about the white rose on her dress after she won best roots gospel album for “Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope.” Bruno Mars Sweeps Top Categories at the Grammys 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z

And it leaves you with the distinct impression that the new DNA-based gospel may well be rendered obsolete by some breakthrough or technique 20 years hence. Review: ‘First Peoples’ Finds the Drive to Explore in Our DNA 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

But when love comes my way again, kick up the gospel choir because I'm not going to let it go. Q&A: Josh Groban sings about love lost _ again 2013-02-05T14:51:28Z

But in the gospel according to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, you’ll get through whatever hardship lies in your path if you face it head-on, in optimistic fellowship. A ride on a ‘Carousel’ is just the ticket right now 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Other hits besides "Gone" included his version of the gospel song "Wings of a Dove," which spent 10 weeks at the top of the country charts in 1960. Country great Ferlin Husky truly "Gone" at 85 2011-03-17T23:01:00Z

A gospel choir sang while everyone sat around and glanced at Ms. Schumacher’s empty chair and at each other. In Good Spirits 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Stephen Hill, BET’s newly appointed president of programming, said new gospel programming was planned but did not elaborate. ‘Bobby Jones Gospel’ and Its Strongest Voice Prepare to Say Farewell 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

In a nod to late musical giants Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, he performed "I Got a Woman" and the gospel hymn "When the Saints Come Marching In", ending just before 3:00 a.m. Hugh Laurie, Dr John, Trombone Shorty in New Orleans tribute 2012-07-10T13:38:34Z

The festival began on March 27 with a convocation centering on different forms of devotion and songs from the church’s Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble gospel choir. ?Sarah Ruhl?s Passion Play? at a Brooklyn Church 2010-04-13T23:19:00Z

Every bludgeoning needs an invisible gospel choir; every pummeling seems rendered in leering slow-motion. Review: ‘Arsenal’ Finds Nicolas Cage as a Criminal, Not Playing Nice 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

For me, blues and gospel are the root of it all because they are the most emotionally direct. Joe Louis Walker, the blues and beyond 2012-06-06T21:49:00Z

Here he pursues his passion for lo-fi, layered sounds, gospel music and poetry. July's best music from across the MAP 2012-07-18T09:17:04Z

Memphis had heard five decades of the blues: country sounds from the Delta, barrelhouse boogie-woogie, jumps and shuffles and gospel shouts. B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The other day, Rollins was playing a set of gospel house music for a friend who was celebrating not only his 40th, but the fact that he survived a drive-by shooting. Riz Rollins does not take requests 2013-02-13T20:51:57Z

She began her musical career as a child singing gospel at the city’s New Bethel Baptist Church, where her father, C.L. Aretha Franklin to be hailed as American institution at funeral 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

The Grammys rarely if ever showcase actual gospel music — and this would have been a great year to do so! — but choirs abound, providing sturdy ballast for unsteady performers. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

“All of his physical work, it reaches levels of possession in some ways. Dylan mentions gospel music and spiritual music, riling people up to make themselves open. And I think the choreography matches that.” A Six-Hour Opera Goes On for One Euphoric Night Only 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

In 1967, she cut one of the most highly regarded soul albums of all time, "Tell Mama," an earthy fusion of rock and gospel music featuring blistering horn arrangements, funky rhythms and a churchy chorus. Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. 2012-01-20T16:40:14Z

I quote: The new atheists proclaim their gospel with the fervour of believers: God is dead, man is free, free from the destructive illusions of religion and morality, of reason and virtue. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z

Yemen is an unlikely country in which to preach the gospel of a free press. Armchair Traveler: Book Review: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist in Yemen 2010-07-15T17:13:00Z

His performance with a choir on the Grammy Awards, in fact, felt like a bona fide gospel concert. 7 reasons why Chance the Rapper is a star 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

According to Billboard, they sing a version of the gospel standard His Eyes on the Sparrow. Whitney Houston's final recordings to appear on film soundtrack 2012-02-13T13:32:59Z

"Atlanta is becoming like the new Los Angeles," said Sapp, the chart-topping gospel singer from Grand Rapids, Mich. "Everybody and their momma are shooting all types of films here," he added. Gospel artists flock to Atlanta to advance career 2012-06-01T12:47:08Z

But in the show’s final scenes, Usher drops the mock gospel play as his thoughts confront him about his intentions, how he claims he’s showing the audience “real life.” God Loves a Show: Religious Satires Reveal the Art of Acting Faithful 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

In 1996 he launched Fox News, with its fiery round-the-clock readings of the conservative gospel, and his influence on American politics was reborn. Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z

After five decades of trailblazing work in R&B, soul and gospel — with her family members in the Staples Singers and as a solo artist — Ms. Staples is enjoying a remarkable late-career resurgence. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Fusing gospel music with tap, stepping and gorgeous gumboot dancing, this is movement as communal celebration. Review: Finding the Beat and Pulse of the Great Migration 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Spring for Music, a new annual festival of North American symphony and chamber orchestras that opens on Friday at Carnegie Hall, is based on the gospel of inventive programming and calculated risk taking. A Festival Built for Risky Business 2011-05-06T05:00:07Z

Using nothing more than mics, pedal-controlled looping devices and his voice, he conjured beats, brimstone preachers, gospel choirs and explosive electro, ending unexpectedly with a moving version of Strawberry Fields Forever. London jazz festival 2012: highlights from days three and four 2012-11-13T16:30:00Z

There’s R&B, chant, gospel, string chamber music and rock — sometimes all within a few seconds. This Is What Gentrification in Brooklyn Sounds Like 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Franchises in Memphis, Nashville, and other cities are spreading the Gus’s gospel. The South's Best Fried Chicken 2014-02-15T06:50:02.803Z

“And there are rousing evocations of gospel choruses at church, blues and, during a fraternity party, a rhythmic chorus of spoken words, finger snapping and dance steps.” The Met Will Stage Its First Opera by a Black Composer 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

His father was a Baptist preacher, and he and some of his siblings sang in a gospel group. Don Covay, Performer and Writer of R&B Hits, Dies at 78 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

In 2014, with each no longer in a serious relationship, they got closer while in the gospel group. Two Musicians Hit the Right Notes, With Practice 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

He used Duke Ellington's music to put his own urban spin on gospel tradition with "Harlem Nutcracker." Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z

He is up for nine prizes, including bids for top gospel artist and top Christian artist, while four of the five songs nominated for top gospel song are from West. Post Malone, Kelly Clarkson, BTS set for Billboard Awards 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

Phoenix preaches the gospel of living in the moment and it could well be that he is experiencing one right now. Joaquin Phoenix: ‘There was a period when I wanted out. I wanted my life back’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

As the gospel scene grew more lucrative in the mid-1970s, it also became more competitive, effectively squashing the camaraderie between the groups. A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

To wield social power a church needs to divide society into good and evil, and to have these divisions recognised as gospel. Where did all the Christian writers go? 2010-03-31T10:11:00Z

There were moments of great exuberance as well, as when Mavis Staples became the second gospel singer to be recognized with the Kennedy Center’s annual lifetime achievement award. Politics Takes Front Seat at Kennedy Center Honors 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

The two-time Grammy nominee finished in the top 10 the year Taylor Hicks won and is now planning to release her third gospel album April 5, called "What If We Were Real." Mandisa loses 90 lbs, plans to release 3rd album 2011-01-19T23:04:28Z

But there’s something durable about gospel music that looks forward as it spreads its influence to other genres. Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Penitentiary, the first track on their EP, is rousing harmony-rich gospel rock that tells of a vagabond who "couldn't score a job" and "learned how to rob". New band of the day – No 1,303: Houndmouth 2012-07-06T08:00:00Z

Her 21-year-old granddaughter is "the same," said the soul and gospel singer, 81. Cissy Houston on Bobbi Kristina Brown: 'I cannot change a thing' 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

It’s unfocused but oddly riveting — and that’s before it segues into the album’s straight-faced valediction, a gospel cover of “Happy Trails.” New Music: Sara Bareilles, George Duke and Ace Hood 2013-07-15T20:42:55Z

Say the names of those cities to yourself — Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery — and try not to conjure the mythic struggle for civil rights, the opposite of the prosperity gospel. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z

I still sing them today, but that's not the kind of gospel that radio is pushing now. Shirley Caesar recruits youngsters for new album 2013-04-02T14:45:09Z

The first lady promises gospel, soul and "who knows" at Friday's BET "Love and Happiness" event on the South Lawn. Obama White House hosting final musical event with BET 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

The record rejects the perfect pop songwriting of “Faith” and replaces a lot of the danciness of that album with gospel. George Michael Mattered Beyond the Music 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

“I see similarities from gospel to metal music in the technique and in the feeling,” the artist told Teen Vogue. Churches are preaching the Gospel of Lizzo now 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Le’Andria isn’t looking to the past for sonic inspiration, but she achieves a similar warmth on “Bigger Than Me,” which, like “Let Them Fall in Love,” is nominated for best gospel album. The Grammy Gems You Won’t Hear on ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

He’s the one who spread the gospel of “obnoxious feminists” who were allegedly hellbent on having freewheeling abortions and forcing others to do the same. Perspective | Rush Limbaugh had a lot to say about feminism. Women learned how to not care. 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

“At the end of the dial there’s the gospel show,” he chirped. | Paul Simon: Many Roads to Salvation in Paul Simon?s Latest Show 2011-05-11T07:54:29Z

He has a true heart for gospel; his trend sensors seek heat with great ardor; his talents have risen to the microcultural moment. The Normcore Opulence of Preachers Wearing Four-Figure Sneakers 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

They were much surer delivering the Creole exuberance of “That Was Your Mother,” the rubbery African bass lines of “Gumboots” and the gospel hosannas of “Gone at Last.” Concert review: Paul Simon at the Vic Theatre 2011-05-17T05:53:54Z

Start a conversation about wine or coffee with the wrong person and get ready for a lecture packed with pseudoscience, judgmental snobbery and personal observations passed off as industry gospel. ‘It’s Not You, It’s Brie:’ Blessed are the cheesemakers 2013-01-02T22:44:37Z

The whole hour is just this sort of chilling: percussive work songs, big-bottomed gospel, moaning blues, dramatically spare sets that imply segregation and incarceration, the weather system that called herself Odetta. Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

He recognizes his daughter's talent and takes her on his gospel caravan tours, but neglects to keep an eye on her, which eventually leads to her giving birth to her first child. "Aretha" crowns the Queen of Soul in glory, thanks to star Cynthia Erivo's own genius 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Allman’s rolling piano riff is part gospel, part Mardi Gras mambo, and his lyrics fight their way out of mourning toward gratitude for being alive as Dickey Betts’s slide guitar pushes ahead. Gregg Allman: A Voice of the South Who Mixed a Musical Melting Pot 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

Each of these Catholic heroes had a certain respect for the papacy, but they didn’t let that get in the way of living out the gospel for themselves. Pope Francis doesn’t represent all Catholics 2013-03-21T14:49:00Z

Jackson’s new “The Bluegrass Album,” much like his two collections of gospel hymns, brings out another form of American roots music that he loves. Review: Alan Jackson Adds New Facet to Sound 2013-09-23T18:02:40Z

Reworking Houston's all-time power ballad into a light, gospel reverie, Franklin paused to acknowledge the "homegoing" of "Nippy," Houston's nickname: More formally, "Miss Whitney Elizabeth Houston." Aretha remembers Whitney at Radio City 2012-02-19T11:21:08Z

For connoisseurs of American roots music, there is also country music from Ernest Tubb, bluegrass from Bill Monroe and a wide variety of guitar and piano blues, gospel and jug-band music. Library of Congress Gets a Mile of Music 2011-01-09T23:26:33Z

"Did Trouble Me" begins as gospel tune, eventually settling into gently rollicking country music. Tom Jones 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

She went on, referring to the gospel singer Clara Ward, “One of the cameramen kept shooting straight up underneath Clara’s dress. She was in the front row. Talk about bad taste!” Aretha Franklin and the Futility of Trying to Portray Her Onscreen 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

The end product is a melodrama that examines identity issues as well as the debt pop music owes to gay culture and gospel, with frequent departures into sparkling music video fantasy. With Fox’s “Star” Lee Daniels expands his nighttime soap empire 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

She was able to dig so deep in kind of such a raw and unguarded place when she sang, and that's the power of gospel and blues and rhythm and blues. James' passion, great range remembered 2012-01-21T02:16:04Z

As a gospel group, the Blind Boys don’t cover as many contemporary songs—or even vaguely contemporary songs—as their album-mates. How Do You Sing Blind Willie Johnson? 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

Showcasing Cooke’s gospel roots, it’s a song that painfully and beautifully captures the edge between hope and despair. The soundtrack of the Sixties demanded respect, justice and equality 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

“He didn’t understand why people loved the Godfather references, why they held it as gospel that a quote from ‘The Godfather’ had any relevance except for being a witty term. The Lore of ‘The Godfather’ Resurfaces at Roger Stone’s Trial 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

As the show progressed to a soulful soundtrack of gospel music, the colors faded to khaki drab and then to a camouflage pattern. Special Report: A Generation in the 'Green' Zone 2010-03-07T18:47:00Z

His vocals verge into a deep croon, betraying influences from all over the map: the jazz singer Gregory Porter, the gospel star Marvin Sapp, and a singing drummer from an earlier era, Grady Tate. The Playlist: Justin Timberlake Stays Funky (for Now), and 9 More New Songs 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

The show transformed country and western music from 1948 to 1960 with music genres including hillbilly, western swing, jazz, blues and gospel. Country singer Claude King dies at 90 2013-03-07T19:37:10Z

Their fellow strivers — which is to say, criminals, opportunists and shortcut seekers — are explicitly buoyed by versions of the American gospel of self-improvement. The Luxe Life in ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Bling Ring’ and Other Films 2013-05-16T12:00:01Z

Brown went on to play drums in a gospel choir in Kenya and in Gainesville. Mecca for modern music 2012-05-29T13:02:04Z

To me, he looks a lot like a primitive socialist revolutionary, preaching an impossible gospel that combined a vision of radical social equality with elements of deliberately contradictory self-abnegation and self-denial. Jesus Christ: Jewish radical or bathrobe Republican? The “reason for the season” remains an enigma after 2,000 years 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

IN SICKNESS: Everything changed for Kate Bowler — a professor at the Duke Divinity School who studies the prosperity gospel — when she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. After Setting Her Hair on Fire, Lisa Gardner Decided to Become a Writer 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Not conservative in the sense of fundamentalist gospel, but really practicing a spiritual life. Al Sharpton says he’s not an ambulance chaser: ‘I’m the ambulance.’ 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

In the past decade, he primarily recorded gospel songs. Opry star George Hamilton IV, known for ‘Abilene,’ ‘Early Morning Rain,’ dies at 77

He later released the acclaimed "Dirt Farmer" and "Electric Dirt" solo albums, digging into the rich soil of country, blues, soul and gospel that he had known since his childhood. Levon Helm, drummer and singer for the Band, dies of cancer 2012-04-19T19:39:00Z

Spreading their gospel is their duty and their gesture of kindness to a hell-bound world. My day at Westboro Baptist: “Yes, Jesus hates you” 2013-03-24T11:00:00Z

As a singer, Lady A first stretched her cords in a youth gospel choir, becoming the director by age 16. Seattle’s Lady A confronts white privilege in battle with country stars and beyond 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

He courted Ms. Riley by lavishing her with 500 roses and a gospel choir to serenade her. Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z

Series like “The Sopranos,” whose mobsters quoted “The Godfather” like gospel, have played with the idea of criminals imitating the Hollywood conception of themselves. In the ‘Barry’ Finale, Hollywood Gets Away with Murder 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z

He would go to events like Mardi Gras and stand on the corner with a guitar around his neck singing gospel music and preaching to people as they walked by. John Rich reveals the Christmas gift from his dad that meant the most 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Both performances will include “Becoming Ailey,” a multimedia presentation featuring historical footage of this seminal choreographer, and “Revelations,” a signature work inspired by the spirituals and gospel music he grew up with. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

We listen and sing along to the prophet sing the gospel from the coast. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

The awards show for gospel and Christian music left Nashville, Tenn., for the first time in its history. Battistelli gospel music artist of the year 2011-04-21T04:02:10Z

To the elders, this new gospel was nothing but sin. ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ Will Make You Want to Sing Out 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

As with many of his utterances this statement should not be taken as gospel. Godard as Oscar Provocateur 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z

The songs, with lyrics by Knowles’s frequent collaborator Jones, are all easy to listen to: Knowles smoothly melds gospel, blues and jazz with a sense of tradition and a contemporary ear. Storytelling haze shrouds the musical ‘Blackberry Daze’ 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

She nearly gave herself vocal damage trying for a gospel sound. Denée Benton, Tony Nominee, Embraces Her Inner Natasha 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

The boldness of her comeback, which included her first solo album, “Private Dancer” in 1984, and her singular blend of grit, gospel and gravelly vocals have been repeatedly erased, Turner reminds us, by interviewers. Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

But we’re not doing a gospel show up in there, no. After more than four decades, Charlie Wilson says stopping ‘is not an option’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

It was in that red brick church on a quiet backstreet near downtown Newark where Houston's career began as a soloist in a gospel choir in the 1970s. Family, fans mourn Whitney Houston with tears, prayers 2012-02-13T01:53:33Z

This is theater of the unexpected; it is theater of calamity; it is theater according to the gospel of Taylor Mac. Taylor Mac brings 24 decades of delirium and music to Los Angeles 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Later, Mavis and her family were the gospel soundtrack to the civil rights movement. She’s still taking us there: Mavis Staples soars again in late career 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

She hits the road in her “personal” capacity to stump for candidates and spread the gospel of Trump. She works for Trump. He can’t stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

“How They Got Over” traces the music from its exquisite jubilee-style harmonies to tugging “smooth gospel.” ‘How They Got Over’ Review: How Gospel Begat Rock 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Alone, he builds to a broken explosion along with D’Angelo’s gospel scream, a piercing expression of the love inside and all that blocks it. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Theatrical Love Letter to Social Dance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Onstage she’s a pop star as life coach, preaching sermons in self-esteem with gospel cadences. Music Review: Attention, Ladies: After Heartbreak Can Come Redemption 2010-10-12T21:38:00Z

The program that these two Grammy-winning artists have assembled addresses the broad range of music that has emerged from the African diaspora in roughly the past century: jazz, gospel, Afrobeat, Afro-Caribbean, hip-hop and much more. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Stormzy is equally likely to rap over a drill beat, spit on a gospel song or croon over a piano: “Excellent rap is not always rooted in the energy and the gangster,” he said. How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

Portraits of civil rights heroes fill the rotunda ceiling; an illuminated sculpture pulses and glows; gospel songs play. The New Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Refuses to Sugarcoat History 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

She was part of a critical vanguard spreading the new film gospel in reviews, books, talk shows, everywhere. Pauline Kael and Her Legacy 2011-10-15T22:17:20Z

It would fuse classical leitmotifs with the African-American gospel, folk and jazz idioms that had fueled much of his show music and his great "Rhapsody in Blue." Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z

Three of his 14 albums hit No. 1 in Billboard magazine’s gospel category. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Bob Telson's music shifts seamlessly between rousing gospel hymns, muggy blues and honeyed doo-wop, while the multiple soloists revel in every opportunity to show off their scintillating high notes and stylistic flourishes. The Gospel at Colonus 2010-08-22T14:51:00Z

“Marked by Fire” was also adapted into a gospel musical, “Abyssinia,” in 1987. Joyce Carol Thomas, Who Wrote of African-American Life, Dies at 78 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Anchored by the sound of organs, pianos, tambourines, drums and melodic voices preaching the word of God, gospel music is a fixture in Black Christian churches across the United States, especially in the South. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

"Seven nights a week there's gospel singing going on here, someplace, somewhere." America's Musical Cities 2010-07-07T21:20:00Z

You can feel the gospel cadence in the titles of Bob Telson’s songs: “Stop: Do Not Go On!,” Perspective | Sing out, Oedipus! ‘Gospel at Colonus’ looks its Sunday best 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

The letter was taken as gospel and to this day Presque Isle remains a slice of unsullied wilderness. Footsteps: Jewels of Olmsted?s Unspoiled Midwest 2011-09-02T18:18:14Z

The Daily Times reported a large quantity of Christian Identity material was found in Lewis’ home, along with a pulpit in the basement where he apparently preached the racist gospel. Arkansas drug raid turns up white supremacist paraphernalia 2014-02-27T13:30:00Z

It centers on two young Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda to spread the gospel of the church, which is formally known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "South Park" makers eye Mormon-inspired musical 2010-04-14T17:08:00Z

He plans to tour next year with the gospel performer Kirk Franklin. Television: Multimedia King? Survey Says, ?Steve Harvey? 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z

The key to a certain kind of songwriting, it’s been said, is to deliver blues in the verse and gospel in the chorus. Scorching, Sophisticated New Work From Two of America’s Leading Poets 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

The quiet gospel influence running through this album is striking. New Music: ‘Corazón,’ Santana’s New Mix of Latin Pop and Rock 2014-05-05T21:07:04Z

Her talents converged in a 1962 recording of “I Really Don’t Want to Know,” an electrifying mélange of gospel, country and blues that jazz critic Gary Giddins called “a five minute tour de force.” Kay Starr, ferociously expressive singer who had pop hit with ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ dies at 94 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Dave Stewart’s teenage daughter deserves a big hit with this one: “In Love With a Boy” is maddeningly catchy and gets even more likable when the gospel choir unexpectedly busts in. 15 Pop Songs You Might Have Missed This Summer 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Recorded in February 2010 — just three months before Jones died, at 91 — the album opens meaningfully with the gospel standard “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.” Playlist: New CDs: Albatrosh, Trio M, Charlie Haden and Hank Jones 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z

This “gospel” was worldwide news — before skeptical papyrologists and grammarians, in one case drawing on the research of an amateur Coptic obsessive working in his Macomb, Mich., basement, showed it to be a complete fake. The Harvard Professor Who Told the World That Jesus Had a Wife 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

Among the Trombone soloists, Josh Roseman did an especially fine job of evoking this music's gospel origins. ArtsBeat: Winter Jazzfest: Nine-Man Band Fleshes Out a One-Man Show 2013-01-12T03:00:31Z

I think Nina Simone, as well as the depth and strength of gospel music and spiritual music; I think Sam Cooke. Artists in the age of Trump 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

And he found singers — many of them ambitious Black teenagers — who would supercharge those songs with gospel spirit. Phil Spector: Listening to 15 Songs From a Violent Legacy 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z

The music on their debut album In Limbo tries to have its cake – nodding to girl-group pop as well as garage and gospel in the swirling organ sounds – and eat it, too. New band of the day – Teen (No 1,359) 2012-09-26T14:00:35Z

More recently, Spencer spent a spring break playing with his father on “One True Vine,” a 2013 album that Jeff produced for the soul and gospel singer Mavis Staples. Jeff Tweedy, of Wilco, Records With His Son Spencer 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

“Should we turn it up?” asked Bennett, known for songs infused with gospel music and social consciousness. Chance the Rapper brings seismic show to WaMu 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Without him, you might never have heard live drums or a gospel choir on a Depeche Mode track. The Exquisite Darkness of Depeche Mode 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z

"We wanted it to be of a gospel nature, but an earthy gospel," Jones says. Tom Jones gets back to basics with gospel album 2010-07-09T22:46:00Z

I'm trying to spread the gospel as much as I can. Preppy Kitchen's John Kanell reveals the one tool you need to conquer your baking anxiety 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z

Another of Alinsky's Rules — "If you push a negative hard and deep enough, it will break through and become a positive" — has become gospel for conservatives in Congress and on talk radio. The Undefeated: Her Holiness Sarah Palin 2011-07-15T08:55:00Z

Maybe his text is politics; his rituals, comedy; his vestments, American media—but the gospel, I think, is an old and universal one. In the religion of calling bullsh*t, Jon Stewart was both preacher and disciple: “If you smell something, say something” 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

After recording and touring as a young gospel singer, Franklin’s career took a secular turn in 1961 when she signed with Columbia Records. 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: AP 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

“I been in exile for too long. Those gospel gates got locked behind me when I went out into the nightclubs. Time for them to swing back open.” Review: ‘Marie and Rosetta’ Ruminates on Gospel, R&B and Life 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

By the early 1980s his success at merging gospel music with pop was drawing criticism as well as plaudits. Grammy-winning gospel artist Andrae Crouch dies at 72 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

In the early 1970s, she and a group of all-male backing singers, the Gospel Souls, scored a radio hit and won the Gospel Gold Cup award, presented by the city’s gospel D.J.s. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Housed on the biggest-selling gospel album of all time, the recording may be Ms. Franklin’s most profound. Aretha Franklin’s 20 Essential Songs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Sledge’s style was influenced as much by country music as it was by gospel and rhythm and blues, and he sometimes covered songs popularized by country performers such as Charlie Rich and Charlie Pride. Percy Sledge, soul balladeer of ‘When a Man Loves a Woman,’ dies at 74 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

Grant was already a well-known Grammy-winning gospel singer before she crossed over to pop. A pop classic from the early '90s, Amy Grant's hit "Baby Baby," is getting a reboot 25 years later thanks to Grammy-nomination singer Tori Kelly 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Born in Greenwood, Miss., on Aug. 13, 1955, Mr. Miller grew up immersed in Delta blues and gospel music. Mulgrew Miller, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 57 2013-05-29T16:06:23Z

After that, he said, they turn on a Christian network and take in the gospel for an hour or two. Up Close: Making Peace by Serving Wings 2010-10-13T23:51:00Z

She can conjure a gospel number, a tap soft-shoe, or a folk-rock confessional like a seasoned pro. Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

"Since I started in this job, I've made it my mission to spread the Limon gospel in Mexico," she told the audience at the troupe's performance Tuesday in the Mexican capital. Dance troupe spotlights Mexico's native son, Limon 2010-11-18T22:01:00Z

His piano performances are influenced by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk ballads, gospel hymns and old African songs; they’re placid and persistent, gentle but deep. Enveloping Sound of a Serene Soul 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

In a concert in the 1970s, Presley included a bit of "Dixie Land" and climaxed with a stirring section of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as well as gospel numbers. What the Rise and Fall of Elvis Mean to America 40 Years After His Death 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

So I was more into classical and gospel music in the beginning. Junior Marvin talks about keeping Bob Marley’s music and message alive 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Managing Singer’s Instagram account—an unpaid, invisible, and largely thankless task—is not only a way of “sharing the gospel,” as Hirschfield said, but a logical extension of their ethical ambitions. The Origin Story of Peter Singer’s Instagram Account 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Known as the Queen of Soul, Franklin also performed blues and gospel songs. Franklin, Basie among new inductees to Blues Hall of Fame 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

“Pop music today is rich with glorious gospel voices and women singers in the mold cast by Aretha,” the late Wexler said in his autobiography. 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: AP 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

And like the anonymous composers of the spirituals, Black gospel singers learned early that survival sometimes meant veiling their anger in biblical imagery that only those in the know could decode. 50 Years Ago, They Did Something Rare in Gospel: Tied Music to Protest 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

Band of Joy’s chosen roots are in honky-tonk, mountain gospel and 1950s rock, none of which confined the group’s music, particularly when Mr. Miller steered his solos into tremolo and drone. Music Review: Offering a Range of Songs, While Prizing Spirit Over Style 2011-01-31T23:59:58Z

Now she’s one of the most jolting new talents in gospel music, with a wonderfully husky voice and an emerging appetite for risk. 5 Grammy Artists You Need to Hear 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

At age 3, he was singing gospel music with his father, a pastor, in church. What It’s Like to Make It in Showbiz With Your Best Friend 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Wright — in a wide-ranging debut poetry collection that includes gospel traditions as well as musical quotations from Earl Sweatshirt to Ace Hood. More Than a Muse 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jarreau sang gospel in church and doo-wop on street corners, absorbing the many musical styles of his melting-pot home town. Al Jarreau, seven-time Grammy-winning singer, dies at 76 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

In “No Cure for Being Human,” Bowler offers an alternative to the good vibes/prosperity gospel approach: honesty with room for mystery and humor. Once a Best Seller, Always a Best Seller, Especially if You’re Rick Ross 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

They write in a dizzying array of style and genre — gospel, hip-hop, girl group, boy band, calypso, yodeling. Theater Listings for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Most of his first records, beginning in 1955 for Apollo, an independent label in New York, had clear gospel influences. Solomon Burke, Influential Soul Singer, Dies at 70 2010-10-11T05:00:00Z

He also sang baritone in the group’s gospel quartet. Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Banjo Player, Dies at 88; 2012-03-29T05:13:11Z

When “The Leftovers” works best — wondrously, transportingly — it works beyond logic, through image and parable, like a kind of dirty-realist gospel. Review: ‘The Leftovers’ Has One More Cosmic Joke to Tell 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Case said she was dedicating “every song” to Mavis Staples, the 74-year-old Chicago gospel matriarch who preceded her on stage. Neko Case, Mavis Staples captivating at Hideout 2013-09-07T05:25:00Z

To flip through the bins of seven-inches at Shangri-La or Goner Records is to feel the weight of Southern, which is to say American, musical history, gospel to blues to soul. 2010-01-29T05:08:00Z

It showcases the light-filled interior of Turrell’s creation as West and his choir perform gospel standards and modified versions of his songs. Kanye West premieres new ‘Jesus Is King’ film, album 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

The multitude of worthy news-literacy efforts that have grown in recent years are preaching the same gospel: In journalism, speed kills. Perspective | The Twitter-fed disaster over Epstein’s death demands a solution: Slow news 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

I’m carrying “Still Would Stand All Time,” the gospel ballad from “Graffiti Bridge.” Remembering Prince 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Viertel said the space could be configured for programming other than cabaret, like a gospel brunch or a run of a small show without much scenery. 54 Below, Restaurant-Nightclub Under the Former Studio 54 2012-02-05T22:46:57Z

Their music has the purity of country, minus additives or modern accoutrements, with a little blues, gospel and bluegrass used discreetly for extra flavour. New band of the day (Shovels and Rope No 1,459) 2013-02-25T16:35:13Z

Womack was a professional musician before he hit puberty, one of five brothers who traveled the Midwest gospel circuit with their father starting in the early 1950s. Appreciation: Bobby Womack, soul legend, guitarist, L.A. connector 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

One of Raitt's inspirations, gospel superstar Mavis Staples, also is on the bill. 12 top entertainment picks for the week of Sept. 2-8, 2012 2012-08-29T21:43:04Z

But the film’s musical emotional high point is a performance of the gospel standard “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” by Ms. Houston. ‘Sparkle’ Remade With Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston 2012-08-10T21:09:42Z

But in the liberal enclaves Mr. Jones inhabits, they were treated as something like gospel: a moment of naked honesty in a campaign season filled with distortions. How Van Jones Became a Star of the 2016 Campaign 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

When she invokes the soul, a gospel choir arrives to affirm her inner strength, as if anyone could doubt it. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Audiences especially connected to her version of a gospel hymn, “Blessed Assurance,” Washington said. Less pomp, more art for 2015 Kennedy Center Honors 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

The big message of gospel is that you don't have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop and the universe is quite good to you. Surrender. It's Brian Eno 2010-04-28T20:35:00Z

Thanks to his album “Make Room,” Chicago gospel artist McReynolds was crowned artist of the year Friday night and his song “Not Lucky” was named song of the year. Jonathan McReynolds wins big at Stellar Gospel Music Awards 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

“It's a gospel movie with a lot of great musical pieces.” Dolly Parton attends Chicago premiere of '9 to 5: The Musical' 2011-01-20T04:50:12Z

It's got a fantastically understated gospel group on it – I think the Fairfield Four – doing a call-and-response thing, and that kind of tension in the record is great. Nick Hornby's favourite music – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-07-10T10:11:50Z

A few years ago, Deitrick Haddon — son of a preacher, a gospel music star and a preacher himself — fled his Detroit home and ministry for Los Angeles and a “war against God.” ‘Preachers of L.A.’ Puts New Spin on Reality-TV Formula 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

At the Grammys, he performed “How Great” with the gospel singers Kirk Franklin and Tamela Mann, and appeared to reach new states of ecstasy onstage. The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

But Aretha easily emerged as the star of his gospel show in Detroit. ‘Respect’ Tells Aretha Franklin’s Life Story 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

“This is theater of the unexpected; it is theater of calamity; it is theater according to the gospel of Taylor Mac,” she writes. Essential Arts & Culture: Frida as opera, Julius Caesar continued, Taylor Mac's day-long songfest 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

His life was lived in a single pursuit -- the gospel. On Junipero Serra, soon to be sainted by Pope Francis 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Crouch was criticized for advocating “prosperity gospel,” which argued that donating would lead to eventual personal profit as well. Televangelist Paul Crouch Dead at 79 2013-12-01T20:49:11Z

She sang gospel in church with her sisters growing up and moved to Mississippi after Katrina. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

On the one hand a gospel choir – swellingly, magnificently represented by the London Community Gospel choir, in glorious voice and billowing blue robes. Let the Right One In; The Amen Corner; Sweet Bird of Youth – review 2013-06-15T23:05:22Z

Ms. Franklin mined her deep gospel roots in a song she wrote with her then-husband, Ted White. Aretha Franklin’s 20 Essential Songs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

As the son of singer Frances Howard, he was initially only allowed to listen to gospel music — that is, until the Beatles arrived in the U.S. in 1964. Sananda Maitreya on being “spiritually awakened” by the Beatles, and the genius of George Harrison 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z

He looked fit Saturday in a red outfit and leather cap, his voice still bearing its gospel pedigree with extended, wordless cries and soaring pleas. Concert review: Bobby Womack at Brilliant Corners festival 2012-09-24T04:52:00Z

I tried to play everything I heard -- blues, R&B, gospel, even classical. Allen Toussaint, reluctant solo star 2013-11-07T15:52:00Z

But it was for his gospel singing - religious music that combined the rhythmic beat of blues, jazz and soul - that Dixon first gained attention. Songwriter, gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at 73 2011-09-26T20:28:08Z

In a July 12 obituary for famed gospel singer Walter Hawkins, The Associated Press incorrectly reported his surviving siblings. Correction: Obit-Hawkins story 2010-07-15T22:08:00Z

The movie begins with Bogart visiting a church to convince the gospel great Edwin Hawkins that “Oh Happy Day” can be a hit. ‘Spinning Gold’ Review: For the Records 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

US dance DJ Skrillex won three prizes, while double winners included folk duo The Civil Wars, country star Taylor Swift and gospel singer Kirk Franklin. Grammy glory for returning Adele 2012-02-13T05:44:04Z

Chicago's South Side was the place to be for a gospel musician, especially in the early 1960s. Songwriter, gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at 73 2011-09-26T20:28:08Z

His manager, Miki Mulvehill, said Mr. Clay was planning a gospel tour of the United States followed by a European tour in the summer and, later, participation in the star-studded Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Otis Clay, rhythm and blues singer with unvarnished style, dies at 73 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Cissy Houston recently released a new album of gospel tunes, her first new music in more than a decade. Cissy Houston writing book about Whitney Houston 2012-06-05T01:16:04Z

It was during that period that the family began recording protest songs, such as "Freedom Highway," as well as gospel. Correction: Obit-Cleotha Staples story 2013-02-25T18:00:10Z

Beyonce won three awards and also sang the gospel standard Take My Hand, Precious Lord. Grammy Awards 2015: In pictures 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

The stirring, Grammy Award-winning 24-member ensemble crosses traditional and popular African styles, plus Western gospel and spirituals, in a tribute to the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. The Week Ahead: Spring fair, George Strait, Susan Kieffer 2014-04-02T23:45:18Z

"It really felt like what I grew up with - gospel music," she said. Songs of unheralded Nick Drake get a new airing four decades on 2013-05-01T15:03:27Z

The Blind Boys of Alabama are the enduring heralds of God's word through gospel music. Blind Boys of Alabama join forces with Johnson 2011-05-06T10:06:11Z

A half-hour demolition job, more or less, from a great vocal group that connects current gospel to ’70s soul and understands performance as ecstatic transference. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

There is much blame directed at Ms. Houston’s mother, the gospel singer Cissy Houston, and various members of the Houston clan, who had been on her payroll for many years. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

As a teacher at the New School for Social Research in the ’50s, Cage preached the gospel of chance and possibility in music. What Happens When Fluxus Enters the Concert Hall? 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

“I get a feeling singing gospel music that is indescribable,” he told The Los Angeles Times. Joe Ligon, Gospel Singer With the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dies at 80 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

It moves sure-footedly through styles from the rooted to the futuristic; it touches down in gospel, blues, soul and country with all the programming expertise of the 21st century. The Best Albums of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

She broke through the façade of cool professionalism that too often prevails in the classical world, showing the kind of unchecked fervor that is more often associated with the greatest pop, jazz, and gospel singers. Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z

Performing on the festival's other stages were brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians, Latin groups and gospel singers. Jazz Fest includes Native American music 2013-05-02T22:01:08Z

But, even beyond Simone’s lyrics, her integrative technique itself—her use of gospel piano, blues melisma, classical riffs—refutes myths of black deprivation. Toni Morrison and Nina Simone, United in Soul 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

A swaggering Taj Mahal paid tribute to Pops’ fusion of spidery blues guitar and gospel harmonizing on “Wade in the Water.” Mavis Staples rescues her own tribute concert 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Crawford sees New Orleans piano music as an extension of gospel, blues and other styles that for many local people are intertwined with their daily lives. New Orleans Jazz Fest showcases city's musical 'bloodlines' 2014-04-25T12:02:40Z

The daughter of a preacher and civil rights activist, Franklin revisited her roots with several acclaimed live gospel albums, including her 1972 Grammy winner "Amazing Grace." Aretha Franklin tells JET magazine: "I feel great" 2010-12-16T20:18:59Z

These were habits that Houston—having been shaped by traditional gospel and its conservative nature, and by her cousin Dionne Warwick’s elegantly restrained performance style—largely eschewed.  Anthem of Freedom: How Whitney Houston Remade “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

As a 2018 Teen Vogue profile reported, "Lizzo learned the power of gospel at her Pentecostal church where 'secular music was the devil.'" Churches are preaching the Gospel of Lizzo now 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Cleveland-born artist was all of 10 when he began his professional recording career in a gospel group with his brothers. Bobby Womack interview: 'I wonder why I'm still here' 2012-09-20T19:41:00Z

The singer and producer’s latest release, a thirty-two-track manifesto titled “The Rebirth 2,” features an abundance of bedroom music decorated with gospel tricks. The New R. & B. Is Here, Reflecting Confused Modern Love 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

A few months later, she went to Los Angeles and, at a Baptist church in Watts, performed a pure gospel concert that became a double-platinum record, “Amazing Grace.” The History of Aretha, in Ten Videos 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

“It’s still a Christmas song till Jan. 1,” said Ms. Love, the rock, soul and gospel singer, as she sat in a Midtown Manhattan bistro on Thursday afternoon. Darlene Love’s Last ‘Letterman’ Christmas 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

FRI-SUN Contemporary gospel music and traditional African music and dance by African children’s choir, 6:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-03-12T17:24:35Z

“And I do believe there can’t be other intelligent beings in outer space because of the meaning of the gospel,” Ham wrote. Ken Ham wants to end the U.S. space program because aliens “can’t have salvation” 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

It’s opera, museums, restaurants, uptown, downtown, jazz, Broadway, symphony, gospel, Central Park, baseball. 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z

And the Jones Family Singers, from Texas, specialize in gospel funk. Globalfest 2015 Will Offer a Broad View of World Music 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

They were both churchly and rocking, and they gave Mr. Crouch a following beyond the realm of gospel fans. Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

"Modern Vampires" is still a distinctively Vampire Weekend album: harpsichords, gospel pianos, Jamaican influences are liberally applied. Vampire Weekend switch it up, some, on third album 2013-05-16T16:14:08Z

With a gospel choir storyline, this was always going to be a tough sell to UK audiences, and it's fair to say that distributor Warner Bros didn't exactly bet the farm on the marketing push. Ice Age 4: Continental Drift floats off UK box office radar 2012-07-03T15:57:44Z

The River Troupe Gospel, a volunteer gospel group, rehearsed on Sept. 11 ahead of an open-air performance two days later for a local festival in Sallent, a town in the province of Barcelona. Choir practice in Spain infects 30 of 41 members with virus 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

He was joined by Pastor Bobby Lewis and the Bobby Lewis Ensemble, a 15-member gospel choir, for Andraé Crouch’s “Take Me Back.” Music Review: Norm Lewis’s ‘Who Am I?’ Bridges Genres in Songbook Series 2014-03-10T20:32:02Z

His rich, carefully shaded harmonies draw equally on gospel, R&B and the avant-garde. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

Annual service with traditional and gospel songs performed by the gospel choir. Passions, ‘Superstar’ and More 2014-04-10T22:10:48Z

And I’m still doing the gospel set at JazzFest every year. Irma Thomas, a Soul Queen Far Beyond New Orleans 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Those include the rap, rock, R&B, country, dance/electronic music, American Roots, Latin, jazz and gospel/Christian music fields. AP Source: Grammys may cut nomination review committees 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

Her 1967 album, "Tell Mama," became one of the most highly regarded soul albums of all time, a mix of rock and gospel music. Family, friends gather for Etta James' funeral 2012-01-28T18:37:53Z

She travels the globe preaching the gospel of less-protective parenting and hosts an annual event called “Take Our Children to the Park and Leave Them There,” which is exactly what it sounds like. Paranoid parents kill cities 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z

The visceral entertainment value of black gospel makes Sunday Best, now in its third season, a destination for the type of leave-it-on-the-stage, diaphragmatic wailing that a singing competition is supposed to deliver. Why You Aren't Watching BET's 'Sunday Best' 2010-05-14T00:09:00Z

“My family was like a family band. We sang and harmonized, and Dad played banjo. We were playing mostly gospel, bluegrass, and old-style country.” Lonnie Mack, Singer and Guitarist Who Pioneered Blues-Rock, Dies at 74 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

He cut his hair, got married and began recording gospel music. Little Richard, Flamboyant Wild Man of Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 87 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

There's an idea that a gospel is true if the purveyor is willing to talk about how it's made. "Oprah: Gospel of an Icon": Worshipping at the church of Oprah Winfrey 2011-03-13T18:01:00Z

He continued to emphasize gospel material as well, but he began performing it more often in the a-cappella fashion of the Primitive Baptist Church. Ralph Stanley’s Inimitable Voice 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

It's better known in the version released in early 1978 by a gospel singer and future minister called Carl Bean: "It's God's way of making a statement through me," the singer said at the time. Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z

Her style owes more to jazz than that unfortunate moniker "Queen of Neo-Soul" as she incorporated danceable funk, gospel, R&B rhythm, hip-hop and rap textured with ambitious aural soundscapes throughout. Erykah Badu sparkles, brighter than ever 2010-06-09T02:57:00Z

The single also made D-Vine the top gospel label in town. A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

As a result, their tribulations have little emotional resonance, even on the unusual occasions when Mr. Almond’s songs are not merely decorating the story with gospel and blues but delving into the characters’ interior lives. | 'On the Levee': Tamping Down a Flood at the Duke on 42nd Street 2010-06-29T02:37:00Z

His mother begs him to “write a nice, clean Tyler Perry-like gospel play.” God Loves a Show: Religious Satires Reveal the Art of Acting Faithful 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Hamsun flew to visit Hitler in Bavaria in 1943, and described him in a newspaper obituary as “a preacher for the gospel of justice.” Why Name Your Book After Hitler's? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

And Ms. Caesar — an intense, compact 72-year-old, an extraordinary singer even now, 44 years after she left the Caravans, the Chicago gospel group that made her famous — started kicking, low and fast. Music Review: Improvising Concert Into Rousing Sermon 2011-01-15T00:00:10Z

She is more inclined to preach the gospel of self-fulfillment than to discuss the high-end labels she favors. In ‘My Unorthodox Life,’ Fashion Is a Flash Point 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ritz paints a vivid picture of the Detroit gospel landscape that was so formative for her as a daughter of the influential, flamboyantly successful Rev. C. L. Franklin. David Ritz Opens Up About Aretha Franklin and Others 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

As an opera star, he regularly spreads the gospel of Strauss, Debussy and Mozart, but he also wanted to champion the music of Black composers such as Robert Owens, Margaret Bonds and their successors. Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

Jessica Edwards' "Mavis!," a documentary portrait of the R&B and gospel singer and activist Mavis Staples, will conclude the gathering June 21. AFI Docs to open with 'Best of Enemies,' close with 'Mavis' 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

It offered an “unchanging message of comfort,” he wrote in his memoir “Theme and Variations”; its “wordless gospel proclaims in a universal language what the thirsting soul of man is seeking beyond this life.” Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, the festival features military choirs at the Kennedy Center, followed by a gospel showcase Wednesday. Kennedy Center opens weeklong choral festival 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

Would it be reading too much into these unpretentious passages to observe that they hinted at Terkel's love of folkloric music, whether expressed in shades of jazz, blues or gospel? The spirit of Studs Terkel expressed in jazz 2011-01-25T15:10:16Z

An earlier version of this story misstated the title of the Le’Andria album nominated for best gospel album. The Grammy Gems You Won’t Hear on ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

In the decades between, Terkel's celebrated radio show illuminated our understanding of jazz musicians, as well as their brethren in blues, gospel and other distinctly American folkloric sounds. An ode to Studs Terkel – conceived in jazz 2011-01-17T15:04:00Z

Thorson would later claim she had seen him on TV, spreading the gospel, but that is not how Morrill remembers it. Scott Thorson: the lover Liberace remade in his own image 2013-05-25T23:04:01Z

“I was into gospel as a kid, going to church with my grandmother,” he says. Joe Louis Walker, the blues and beyond 2012-06-06T21:49:00Z

The do-gooder gospel of universal improvement — helping others, reforming ourselves, making a difference — is what remains of an older, grander, more avowedly political utopian impulse. | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z

Mr. Greaves was a nephew of the gospel and soul singer Sam Cooke, who was shot and killed by a Los Angeles motel manager in 1964. R. B. Greaves of ‘Take a Letter, Maria’ Fame, Dies at 68 2012-10-03T02:06:07Z

“In the gospel industry, everybody’s connected. Usually people are introduced by someone who’s already famous,” said Hasan Jones, editor in chief of Root, a magazine aimed at younger, forward-looking gospel fans. Building a Small Empire Through Viral Gospel 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

She is joined by a gospel choir performing an erratic choreography of the song "All for Us" by Labrinth. How "Euphoria" challenges viewers’ expectations of what a television show should be 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

“That makes me feel good, because it’s something I did years ago that nobody else was doing in gospel.” A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

It is the gospel chorus, though, reacting to confrontations among these characters, that viscerally lifts the play into timelessness. A Chorus Remembers Michael Brown in ‘Antigone in Ferguson’ 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Joseph Shabalala and his all-male troupe are on tour, celebrating 46 years of making music mixing South African musical traditions and the sounds of Christian gospel. A&E highlights: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful,’ Flogging Molly, Joyce Carol Oates 2013-03-07T20:22:37Z

For Ms. Cash’s latest release, “The River and the Thread,” which arrived last winter, she nudged some gospel and rock into her twangy formula. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

According to allmusic.com, a music Web site, “Love Alive III” sold more than a million copies and “Love Alive IV” was No. 1 on the gospel charts for 39 weeks. Walter Hawkins, Gospel Composer and Singer, Dies at 61 2010-07-14T06:15:00Z

Eventually, the route leads home: to a mountain gospel hymn. Playlist: Melodic Wanderings, Starting in Timbuktu 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z

The most striking was the grim “Let’s Stay on the Moon,” which Leo called “sci-fi gospel.” Review | Singer-songwriter Ted Leo reemerges from a four-year gloom 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

She told the gospel singer that he needed to be "connected more to the lyrics." Phillip Phillips moves up on 'American Idol' 2012-03-22T02:57:08Z

Atlanta is also host to BET's "Sunday Best," a gospel talent competition that awards the winner with a recording contract. Gospel artists flock to Atlanta to advance career 2012-06-01T12:47:08Z

Given that this week’s show at Palisades in the Williamsburg-Bushwick nether regions is free with an R.S.V.P., it’s likely to be a huge canvas for Trash Talk to spread its P.L.U.R. hardcore gospel. Trash Talk’s Hardcore at Palisades 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

Johnson City, indeed, had its own set of sessions in 1928 and 1929, as did Knoxville, Tenn., the latter capturing a diverse gathering of African-American blues and gospel singers and musicians. In Southern Appalachia, Searching for the ‘Big Bang’ of Country Music 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

One of the great gospel groups of all time. Bumbershoot 2016 highlights by day 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The son of a domestic worker and a traveling gospel singer who owned a lawn and tree service, Jacobs and his 10 siblings grew up in Tampa and Daytona Beach. For This Theater Leader, a Mission That Goes Beyond the Stage 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

The music encompasses nearly every style imaginable: blues, R&B, gospel, Cajun, Zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk, Latin, rock, rap, contemporary and traditional jazz, country, bluegrass and everything in between. Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Ludacris to play New Orleans Jazz Fest 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

It’s not categorically apart from the rest of contemporary gospel. Review: Karen Clark Sheard Brings Depth and Flexibility to a New Album 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

There’s righteousness behind the jovial voices and seasoned harmonies of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the venerable gospel group. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

“Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it’s important that we all realize that,” he said. Collective consciousness to replace God: author Dan Brown 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Trible performed a fiery rendition of “Little Africa,” a rapturous gospel song, with the current version of the Arkestra at National Sawdust in Brooklyn earlier this month. Horace Tapscott Was a Force in L.A. Jazz. A New Set May Expand His Reach. 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

They weren't using the word "spiritual" then, it was gospel, but it wasn't the gospel I was hearing in Sunday school. Van Morrison: 'Singing is my profession – there is no plan B' 2012-10-01T13:58:00Z

Saturday night, Franklin performed at Radio City Music Hall and remembered Houston with a light gospel rendition of "I Will Always Love You." Whitney Houston's voice still soars 2012-02-19T11:51:16Z

The first of two “From Spirituals to Swing” concerts at Carnegie Hall, with the Golden Gate Quartet, Mitchell’s Christian Singers and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, helps introduce gospel to a wider audience. Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

As a child, Whitney sang gospel with the New Hope Baptist Choir. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

It’s just a different kind of guilelessness, one that uses Hammond organ and steel guitar, and consequently leans toward country and gospel and a certain kind of settled, adult pop more than garage-punk and psychedelia. New Albums From Lucinda Williams and Christopher Owens 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

A gospel version of “Stand By Me” changed the life of choir leader Karen Gibson and, she believes, marked a cultural shift in Britain. Gospel choir leader says royal wedding song marked cultural shift 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

Bland’s was a brilliant example of artistic assimilation, taking the best from the blues, R&B, gospel and the pop mainstream to form a vocal style that was unmistakably his own. The Thrill is Gone: Remembering Bobby “Blue” Bland 2013-06-25T15:31:59Z

His expanded band, which adds a horn section, backup singers and fiddle to the core E Street Band, treated it like a gospel song with six-part harmony. ArtsBeat: At SXSW Springsteen Draws an All-Star Guest List 2012-03-16T16:46:09Z

The songs call for bootstrapping ambition, often contrasting rags and riches or invoking gospel affirmation. New Music: Albums From Aloe Blacc, Sara Evans and Ambrose Akinmusire 2014-03-10T20:57:47Z

They become the first gospel act to appear on “Soul Train,” which earned them criticism among traditional gospel music fans. Joe Ligon, frontman for Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, dies 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

Singers and preachers were the leaders and celebrities of this community; gospel programs often blended songs and sermon in a synergy of salvation. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

Contrast Records delved deep into the archives for an eight-album “Cool Blue Christmas” series of seasonal obscurities — R&B, jazz, blues, gospel, country — from the 1960s and earlier. Holiday Hits, Christmas Comebacks and Some Jingle Bell Schlock 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

It’s contemplative, and deeper into gospel in and of itself. New Music: Releases From Velvet Underground, Eric Reed and Volcán 2013-12-16T23:33:13Z

She then turned to secular music, bringing the raspy fervor and airborne whoops of her gospel performances to songs about desire. Loleatta Holloway, Gospel and Disco Singer, Is Dead at 64 2011-03-24T02:40:52Z

Mavis Staples and Zac Brown put a gospel spin on "My City of Ruins." Stars salute MusiCares honoree Bruce Springsteen 2013-02-09T13:01:05Z

Mr. Reilly worked to spread the gospel of independent documentaries, which he saw as opinionated emotional essays. John Reilly, 74, a Champion of Documentary Video, Dies 2013-08-12T02:12:58Z

Yet he embraced elements such as a gospel choir or horn section, and incorporated these flourishes seamlessly. George Michael’s magical fluidity: Remembering the pop icon’s modern and progressive sound 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

As the track evolves from gospel organ chords to a funk strut, she is blunt — “most men are garbage” — but willing to entertain other rare possibilities. A Radiohead Spinoff’s Snarling Single, and 8 More New Songs 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

This is a hootenanny or a rumba circle or a long, long gospel song. Critic?s Notebook: The Musical Rhythms in Images Out of Time 2011-02-16T23:19:08Z

For her part, Porter just wants to continue to spread the gospel of classical music. Next lesson for Simone Porter, 17: solo debut with L.A. Philharmonic 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

Organizers of the Dove Awards are taking a leap of faith and moving the annual gospel and Christian music show to Atlanta. Dove Awards for gospel head to Atlanta in 2011 2010-07-27T23:06:00Z

It’s the chorus and the gospel foundation of “Witness,” the title song from the album Benjamin Booker is to release on June 2. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Strikes Back, and Fleet Foxes Return With a Folky Epic 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

She and her team have the Herculean, you could say, task of coordinating a cast of 117 community members, eight professional actors, a featured dance group, a gospel choir and a high school marching band. How Do You Stage Disney’s ‘Hercules’? Invite Everyone 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

When an ecstatic howl of “Gooooooooal!” suddenly resonates in the theater, as passionate as a gospel cry, you may find yourself agreeing with him. Review: Life is Soccer, and Soccer is Life, in ‘/peh-LO-tah/’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

The album is really Carey’s version of a contemporary gospel record, complete with a powerhouse choir, showy modulations, and piercing organ solos. Mariah Carey’s Christmas Miracle 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Q: Your new album starts and ends with gospel, but there’s some partying in between. After more than four decades, Charlie Wilson says stopping ‘is not an option’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

It’s about coal mines and gospel music, about the feeling of driving down an abandoned stretch of road. Video Games: Far Cry 3, Hundreds, Zero Escape, Joe Danger Touch and Kentucky Route Zero 2013-01-15T22:38:18Z

The megachurch deaconess Sister Myotis — who became a YouTube star with her video on the thong as “a weapon of mass corruption” — arrives in New York this week to spread her Southern-baked gospel. The Week Ahead: June 6 ? 12 2010-06-03T21:26:00Z

So is the song that closes the album, “Marching Into the Dark,” which moves from guitar-plunking gospel roots into surreal modern production and ponders individual sacrifice and the course of history. John Legend: Love Songs That Bow to Dark Shadows 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

His mother moved the family to Washington, where he formed a gospel group, the Cherry Keys, with his four siblings. Don Covay, soul singer of ‘Mercy, Mercy,’ dies at 76 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

At 14 he wrote his first song, and it married the white gospel of North Carolina to the Episcopal hymns at boarding school in Massachusetts. James Taylor’s strength was melancholy. Now he must cope with contentment. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Those marble steps are the setting of this video of Biebs singing a *very* high pitched gospel song, one of the first ever recorded. Justin Bieber 'celebrospective': from mop top to mop bucket 2013-07-12T19:11:45Z

Kanye West, who released a gospel album last year, is nominated for the Dr. Bobby Jones best gospel/inspirational award. Drake tops BET Awards nods; show to air on CBS for 1st time 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

My white church had missed that fundamental gospel message and, in doing so, had missed where to find the Jesus it talked so much about. Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

"Burke ... pushes his voice, here getting his hot gospel on, there teasing the words 'love,' 'dream' and 'screeeeeam' into microdramas," Rolling Stone magazine said in a review. Soul icon Solomon Burke earns posthumous Grammy nod 2010-12-02T07:10:00Z

Before it starts, the Rev. James Cleveland, the pioneering gospel singer, introduces Franklin to the congregation. ‘Amazing Grace’: How Aretha Franklin Took Us All to Church 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

But every so often the music would be infused with a lilt: a hint of African guitar or faraway gospel, hinting at life after mourning. ArtsBeat: The Full-Album Set Is a Plus for Fans and Bands 2011-03-18T18:56:55Z

But she did her homework and came with a clear vision: Her Franklin biopic would follow her journey to find her own voice, culminating in the recording of the 1972 gospel album “Amazing Grace.” Jennifer Hudson plays her idol Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’ 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Get a jump on the Fourth of July with the Master Chorus Eastside's All-American Independence Celebration, featuring music of many styles, from early Americana to gospel to singalongs. Your best arts and entertainment bets for the week ahead 2011-06-22T22:03:03Z

Rupe’s most lucrative and momentous signing was Little Richard, a rhythm ’n blues and gospel performer since his teens who had struggled to break through commercially. Art Rupe, pioneering record executive, dead at 104 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z

And in Sparkle’s big final number at a preposterous solo concert debut with a full gospel choir, to a packed house after minimal preparation, she delivers. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Sparkle,’ With Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks 2012-08-17T15:03:02Z

Born in San Francisco, Crouch wrote his first gospel tune at age 14. Andrae Crouch, Legendary Gospel Figure, Dies at 72 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Roach's first single was released in 1990 - the self-explanatory Took the Children Away, sung tonight by an Aboriginal gospel choir. Archie Roach - review 2013-03-16T01:11:00Z

The gospel icon is on the road in the hit play "Church Girl" while promoting her fifth album, "All in One," which was released April 6. Gospel singer Clark-Sheard on road with new album 2010-04-24T15:28:00Z

There were a few exhibits for children, but mainly they loved listening to recordings of gospel and blues musicians. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

She began singing as a child at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church, where her mother, Grammy-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston, led the music program for many years. Authorities: Houston was underwater in tub 2012-02-14T11:46:45Z

Her showstopping performance of “Walk Him Up the Stairs,” a gospel solo with choir, paved the way for her Broadway career. Linda Hopkins, a Tony-Winning Actress and Singer, Dies at 92 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

“Don’t You Worry ’Bout Me” starts with the piano and organ of an old-fashioned gospel song and turns into lilting, upbeat soul as Mr. Forchhammer sings about transcending sorrow via careerism. Review: ‘Lukas Graham’ Lands Where Pop Meets R&B 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

He developed his musical style as a teenager while playing in Bourbon Street clubs — which he called his “conservatory” — and seemed to have every old-time Dixieland and gospel tune at his fingertips. Pete Fountain, who kept Dixieland swinging in New Orleans, dies at 86 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z

In addition to their anniversary, they earned their first Grammy Award for best roots gospel album this year and started a new endowment. Fisk Jubilee Singers celebrate 150 years since first tour 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

He draws on older traditions as well as bebop: call and response, gospel, New Orleans, Chicago. The Harlem Jazz Club Where the Spirit of Billie Holiday Lives On 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

That notion was crystallized by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in February, when it took on the rarely revived “The Amen Corner,” a gospel play from the 1950s by James Baldwin. Perspective | Best theater of 2020: Sondheim’s birthday, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Mary Neely, ‘The Amen Corner’ and more 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

The same year, his “Home Where I Belong” became one of the first gospel albums to be certified platinum for selling more than 1 million copies. ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ singer B.J. Thomas dies at 78 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z

The gospel hymn “When the Saints Go Marching In” was performed with the gusto of a Dixieland band. Senior, too, pleases fans at Harry Connick Jr. show 2013-08-11T00:24:16Z

The veteran singer embraces soul and gospel traditions, and on this occasion he'll salute the centennial of Mahalia Jackson and the 80th anniversary of the birth of Sam Cooke. The beat goes on at Millennium Park 2011-04-04T21:00:00Z

Still, she said, there could be danger in taking negative results of the at-home swab test as gospel. Stop mansplaining my dog to me: decoding my pup's DNA 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

Original songs such as “Funky Kingston” and “54-46 That’s My Number” had the emotion and call and response arrangements known to soul and gospel fans. Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z

There are curated playlists, and suggestions about what artist, album, or genre to listen to next, all in the Christian and gospel realms. The Christian Music World Now Has Its Own Streaming Service 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

She preaches the gospel of inclusion through manners, and her students are willing disciples. The Art of the Thanksgiving Table 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

She also recorded gospel songs in her later years. Donna Douglas, the Fairest ‘Beverly Hillbilly,’ Dies at 82 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

The truth, though, is that gospel was, and remains, a hugely important part of American music. 10 mainstream musicians who wouldn’t exist without gospel 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

His open-door vision of country, which embraces jazzy harmonies; western swing; gospel piano; pop songs; outlaw irreverence; rock drive; and a kindly, avuncular wisdom, is the city’s presiding musical spirit. New Year’s Eve 2017: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Their interplay came straight out of gospel’s call-and-response tradition, but it transformed the sound of Sunday morning to the sound of Saturday night. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

In January 2016, at a rally in Des Moines, Trump noted Diamond and Silk had become “very famous and very rich” while preaching his gospel. Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

But it's only one of many platforms from which this go-go fitness guru spreads her gospel - a gospel she says isn't really about fitness. Jillian Michaels weighs in with a weight-loss book 2013-03-14T13:55:08Z

The evening of musical theater and gospel music was punctuated with drama and dance — which revolved around the themes of reawakening and reconnection. ‘I Needed It’: A Well-Timed Outdoor Theater Opens on Little Island 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

No house built on such a sublime foundation, buttressed by the horns and gospel choirs of a hundred classic midcentury R&B albums, should be this empty inside. Review | Sam Smith: Sadness with a whole lot of emptiness 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

Mahalia Jackson, the reigning queen of gospel, refused to sing the blues, even though she had borrowed certain vocal mannerisms from blues singers. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

But now the gospel of New Nordic Cuisine is reaching a wider audience. | Feeding Frenzy 2011-09-06T20:27:35Z

He was preaching the gospel of “unconditional love” — he believes it is “one of the key steps to transformation” — and asked viewers to comment in the chat box when “your heart starts expanding.” The Shaman of Instagram 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

She started singing early, as a young child performing gospel in church — various churches, because her mother switched denominations regularly. Carmen Cusack, star of Edie Brickell and Steve Martin’s 'Bright Star,' finds her place in L.A. 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Tributes were paid to the late Whitney Houston during the show, which ended with gospel singer Kirk Franklin performing her 1986 hit The Greatest Love of All. The Help dominates NAACP awards 2012-02-20T16:40:40Z

As originally recorded, Tweedy says, the album had a dated '90s sheen designed to attract gospel and R&B fans of the time. Sound of civil rights rings out in resurrected Staple Singers records 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

The result is a musical collage of gospel, funk, jazz, R&B, hip-hop and classical styles. A Police Bombing, Homes on Fire and an Opera That Grapples With It All 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Q: Was there a tradition of male gospel groups at the time? After 75 years of touring, the Blind Boys of Alabama are still reaping blessings 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Jim preaches a version of the prosperity gospel, insisting to his flock that God wants them to be rich. ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Review: Fall From Grace 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Tharpe's gospel career took off when she was still a teenager. Tonight's TV highlights: The Pawn King 2011-01-14T08:00:01Z

In 2016, Mr. Pierce interrupted the making of “And Nothing Hurt” for near-20th-anniversary performances, with gospel choir and orchestra, of the beloved 1997 Spiritualized album “Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space.” Jason Pierce Struggled to Make a New Spiritualized Album. And He May Do It Again. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Since the 1970s, Harris’ doggedly eclectic melange of country, rock, pop, folk, gospel and bluegrass music made her one of the pioneers in the cross-genre community that came to be known as Americana. All-star salute to Emmylou Harris coming to Washington, D.C. 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

Did he himself ever convert to his own gospel? Meet the Man Who Spun the Media, Scammed Followers and Named Himself King 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

During his 1997 interview, Dixon noted that when he first began touring on his own outside the United States in the 1980s, the small audiences didn't have much respect for gospel as religious expression. Songwriter, gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at 73 2011-09-26T20:28:08Z

His hugely influential early production style found the sonic equivalent, deploying lush, nostalgia-triggering samples of vintage R&B hits and gospel affirmations against brittle new beats. Kanye West Writes a Song of Himself on ‘Ye’ 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

Despite the joyful gospel songs about going home, the notion of doing anything forever is not at all comforting to those of us who already struggle with the concept of an eternal plane. Perspective | In an age of anger and outrage, the best TV shows take a different path: They’re sad. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Expect all-star jam sessions and a Sunday morning gospel performance/"service." Mount Baker R&B Festival brings the blues 2010-07-29T20:23:00Z

One musical innovation for which Mellencamp receives insufficient credit is the use of traditional instrumentation in rock ‘n’ roll to create a hybrid of folk, country, gospel and rock. “I’m a blue guy in a red state”: John Mellencamp and the search for an American soul 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

Ms. Franklin’s debt to gospel was paid in full on her double-album masterpiece, recorded live with the Southern California Community Choir. Aretha Franklin’s 20 Essential Songs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

He had learned profound lessons from the blues, Appalachian ballads, gospel, pop and agitprop. Playlist: Younger Folk, Older Folk, Noises Tempered and Psychedelic 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z

Stone, born near Spokane, started singing soul and gospel in church. Seattle-area music and nightlife events, Dec. 14-20: Allen Stone, ‘Maldoggies Family Christmas’ and more 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

The movie jumps around from concert halls to Brown’s Depression-era South Carolina childhood, depicting his gospel roots and time on the Chitlin’ Circuit. Chadwick Boseman jumps, sweats and splits into character as James Brown

Dominating the architectural landscape is the yellow and pink, richly Baroque-style parish church where Hidalgo, a priest, preached the gospel and insurgency. Three Cities on the Mexican Independence Trail 2010-08-20T17:51:00Z

The daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick, she grew up in the business. Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. lead field into rock hall 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Her parents were gospel singers, and she studied music throughout her childhood. Lola Albright, alluring actress in stylish ‘Peter Gunn’ TV series, dies at 92 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

Ulysses S. Fairsmith is a fervent Christian, scarred by the memory of having tried to bring the gospel to Africa twenty years prior. Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

I get — and have long helped to preach — the whole you-can’t-make-other-people-change gospel. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Insensitive husband just adds to stressed-out new mom’s burden 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

A marketplace will open at noon, followed by performances of African drumming, Ivory Coast dances, acrobatics and gospel music. Weekend Miser 2010-12-23T21:47:19Z

"But the black gospel audience did understand the Staples had a special sound, and Pops was very good at coming up with hooks," Heilbut says. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

When West called soon after to praise the performance, he invited Fivio to Atlanta, where the mogul was working on his street gospel album “Donda,” seeking that exact mix of menace and penance. Fivio Foreign Had an Epiphany. Can He Change Drill Rap? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

Harris and Sam Cooke, gospel superstars who served as lead singers of the Soul Stirrers, perhaps the greatest gospel harmony group ever. Gospel music documentary a spiritual awakening 2011-06-22T21:14:06Z

This means that in our day all of Heavenly Father’s children worldwide can partake of all of the blessings of the restored gospel. Can the Church of Latter-day Saints accept its racist history? 2013-05-04T14:00:00Z

“Cry.” opens the album, with Ms. Carey singing slowly, in stately fashion, over warm organ, and harmonizing with herself — a gospel simulacrum. On Mariah Carey’s New Album, Nods to Devotional Music 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

Even when an album like his 2019 turn to gospel, “Jesus Is King,” debuted atop the Billboard chart, it quickly faded from memory. Can Kanye West Find Refuge, or Money, in Music? 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

When he was 9, a children’s gospel group he was in was signed to a local record label, and he grew up performing with a series of similar ensembles. ‘Do What Moves You’: When the Student Takes Over as Composer 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

In “Amen,” performed with Meek Mill, Sunday morning gospel backslides into Saturday night decadence. Concert review: Drake at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 2012-06-03T06:52:00Z

Andraé Crouch, known as “the father of modern gospel music,” is born. Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

The internet teems with articles and videos preaching the gospel of the cup, in particular — even more so than period underwear — and the destructive evils of disposable tampons. Can These Period Underwear Crusaders Convert You? 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

“The Low Down Up On High,” the final movement, flows with muted brass and winds, like bittersweet gospel. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z

What set Franklin apart from anyone and everyone who tried to trace her contours was her deep study of gospel music, and her finest recordings will never let you forget it. Perspective | Aretha Franklin’s voice was the sound of an America we’re still trying to become 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

“You took a gospel song and you made it sound … dirty,” Marie says. Review: ‘Marie and Rosetta’ Ruminates on Gospel, R&B and Life 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

This month he unveiled his latest iteration: gospel singer, with an album that was received with much praise. What’s on TV Friday: ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ and the N.C.A.A. Women’s Final Four 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

The band has been spreading their own gospel since 2009, building up a following in Portland, Ore. — and by “following,” we mean “cult.” Band To Watch: Ages and Ages Premiere New Track “I See More” 2014-02-06T17:37:08Z

Jon Shields, an ardent gospel fan who was two years younger than Mavis when both attended Francis Parker, calls the family vocal blend "a fine whine." New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

I remember accepting as gospel Kenny Ginsburg’s solemn assurance that if a girl’s pants rode up into an accidental wedgie, this was proof she was not a virgin. The Playboy centerfold cannot hold 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

"It seemed that every ethnic group was identified with a product or service that they owned and controlled, and it seemed that the product generally attributed to us was music: jazz, blues, R&B, gospel." Harold Battiste, influential New Orleans jazz musician, dies at 83 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

A: I think most singers come from a gospel background. She’s a rebel: Darlene Love returns to D.C. for the holidays — for her Howard Theatre show 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

Soul, an amalgamation of black gospel and rhythm and blues, first found its way onto the pop charts in the nineteen-fifties, and reached a kind of apogee in the early sixties. The Singularity of Adele’s Soul 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

At these gatherings, topics have ranged from the science of spirituality to the gospel according to Motown to the theology of Academy Award nominees. Northwest Christians explore faith, art and culture 2011-04-22T23:34:36Z

FRI, SUN Contemporary gospel music and traditional African music and dance by African children’s choir, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-03-31T20:33:57Z

His rewrites of film history have, of course, been meticulously recorded as gospel in Wikipedia. Michael Munn: the celebrity biographer reveals all 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z

But there's warmth too, especially on a sun-dappled version of the gospel standard What Are They Doing in Heaven Today. Mogwai: Les Revenants – review 2013-07-27T23:05:04Z

The song helped “The Preacher’s Wife” to become the best-selling gospel soundtrack album of all time, with more than 5 million copies sold worldwide, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Unlike other gospel groups, its members dressed stylishly — they used the same tailor as the Temptations — and worked slick choreography into their act. Joe Ligon, Gospel Singer With the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dies at 80 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

The entrepreneur expo will be part of the festival's empowerment sessions that also include demonstrations, author signings, celebrity meet-and-greets and a celebration of gospel talent. New Orleans ready to 'party with a purpose' at Essence Fest 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Crowe, Lawson and Williams won recorded event of the year and gospel recorded event of the year for their "Prayer Bells of Heaven." Steve Martin gets bluegrass award, injects comedy 2011-09-30T11:31:04Z

Related Topics: All-TIME 100, Music, , Populist Get this album For decades, gospel music kept itself as isolated from the secular pop world as it could manage. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

Before the arrest, he was best known for singing in his father’s gospel group. Why “In the Dark” May Be the Best Podcast of the Year 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The music is wider ranging than her early records, touching on Southern soul, country and gospel with subtle horn ornamentation. Album review: Iris DeMent, 'Sing the Delta' 2012-10-01T17:36:00Z

Sam Moore, the indomitable soul singer, set a high bar with his keening, regal interpretation of “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,” over a gospel groove. Jimmy Scott Honored at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

The death of his wife and son in childbirth inspires Thomas A. Dorsey to write “Take My Hand, Precious Lord,” one of the best-known gospel songs. Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Ms. Franklin sang gospel at the funerals of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in 1968, and of Rosa Parks in 2005; Ms. Parks’s funeral was also held in the Greater Grace Temple. In a Hometown Send-Off, Aretha Franklin Belongs to Everyone 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

True to the Fall, “Excavate!” hurtles downward into the psychogeography of Smith’s gospel, flinging hot and strange shrapnel in its wake. Perspective | Burrowing deep into many rabbit holes of Mark E. Smith and the Fall 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

It’s in every folk song, gospel song, the sound of the banjo and the sound of the guitar. Wynton Marsalis Finds Solace in the Optimism of the Blues 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

In the Middle Ages, monastic communities like the Benedictines and the Cistercians spread the gospel of wine to different parts of Europe. How the Internet Has Left Its Mark on Terroir 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

“They don’t call me the hardest-working woman in blues, soul, funk and gospel for nothing,” Lady A says with a big, easy laugh — the kind usually heard sitting around in an old friend’s kitchen. Seattle’s Lady A confronts white privilege in battle with country stars and beyond 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

So his gospel music wasn’t accepted in either world. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

He helped start the careers of Kirk Franklin, whose choir sang at Nelson Mandela’s funeral in 2013, and Yolanda Adams, who in 2009 was named the No. 1 gospel artist of the decade by Billboard. ‘Bobby Jones Gospel’ and Its Strongest Voice Prepare to Say Farewell 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

Like a rom-com, the album closes with something like a wedding: “Unless It’s With You,” another song with a gospel foundation. Christina Aguilera Exults in Her Voice on ‘Liberation’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

It’s the season-six finale for the complex drama; gospel singers and writers receive awards. TV picks for April 9: ‘Homeland,’ gospel music 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

This is a Broadway cast album that can be appreciated without knowing the story: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s bluegrass and gospel score works beautifully shorn of the melodramatic book. Gifts for the Discerning Theater Fan 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

No good reason is offered or indeed imaginable for always avoiding the passive, though Orwell did thus influence a whole generation of incompetent style-guide composers who repeated this loony stricture as gospel. My problem with George Orwell 2013-01-17T15:49:30Z

Sometimes, too, the purity of her voice carries the song; she's lovely when offset by a four-man gospel "choir" on Ready to Question. Gabrielle Aplin: English Rain – review 2013-05-09T21:15:01Z

He has also ventured into reggae and gospel music, survived several brushes with the law over drugs and guns possession, and last month published his first cookbook, “From Crook to Cook.” As he gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star, Snoop Dogg thanks ... himself 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

In the end, the show brought Mr. Ledet national attention as an R&B singer with a big voice who can do anything from Motown to gospel. ArtsBeat: Joshua Ledet Is Voted Off 'American Idol' 2012-05-18T03:17:55Z

Williams, a native Californian who lives in east Nashville, was attempting to make the step from gospel music to pop. Internet buzz helps The Civil Wars find success 2011-03-15T15:51:28Z

Summer Concerts at the Locks: Patria Band country gospel, 2 p.m. Weekend Preview: last hurrah for Jetty Island 2011-08-31T20:50:09Z

The George Orwell- and Joseph Goebbels-inspired "Big Lie" that Trump won the 2020 presidential election is now accepted as literal gospel by the many tens of millions of people who belong to the Trump-Republican cult. "Corrosive beliefs are at the heart of what America is": James Tynion on conspiracy theories 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

Of course, the lasting power of the movie might be as a rare document of gospel skill and strategy. ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ Will Make You Want to Sing Out 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Under Dr. Kwami’s direction, the Jubilee Singers recorded several albums and also appeared on albums by other artists, some of them outside the group’s usual gospel and spiritual fare. Paul T. Kwami, Fisk Jubilee Singers’ Longtime Director, Dies at 70 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cortez, whose 2012 album “The Introduction” placed No. 2 on the Billboard magazine top gospel albums chart, shone under the stage’s bright lights. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

She was even made into a hood ornament, so that by the late 1920s and 30s, the Diving Girl was crisscrossing the country, spreading the gospel of swimming to every corner of America. Following the Lead of the Diving Girl 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

A favorite holiday gospel show appears in a new home this year, the Moore Theatre. Deck the Hall Ball, 'Black Nativity' and Seattle Choral Company are arts highlights, the week of Dec. 5 2010-12-02T00:47:00Z

Q: A lot of gospel people at that time were going into rock-and-roll and R&B. After 75 years of touring, the Blind Boys of Alabama are still reaping blessings 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

There’s a gospel number from the Church of the Sick and Tired, a nuclear ditty that sounds like it might be called “First Strike Boogie,” and more that are memorable enough to hum hours later. We’re doomed, happily: Ron Litman’s protest act in ‘Armageddon’ at Fringe

The Biebs of yore – of innocent dates at King's Buffet and gospel songs – appears to be a thing of the past. Justin Bieber 'celebrospective': from mop top to mop bucket 2013-07-12T19:11:45Z

She noted that “Tell Heaven” was written to recognize the South’s gospel heritage without praising God; instead, it’s a quiet gem about a universal need for comfort. Music Review: Rosanne Cash at Town Hall 2014-03-19T21:56:10Z

Soul food is a gospel, and chefs are its preachers. Is It Southern Food, or Soul Food? 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

We made up a community with extremely sophisticated art palates and consumed everything from jazz and the blues to gospel and country music. Talib Kweli on hip-hop, Rudy "Ghouliani" and how Kanye West can make amends for supporting Trump 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

Watson, a singer of bluegrass, country, blues and gospel music, is famous for his flatpicking style on the guitar and his interpretations of folk songs from bygone eras. Folk artist Doc Watson's responsive after surgery: agent 2012-05-25T22:38:33Z

The run is like a syllabus of black scalar material: a pentatonic plunge here, a gospel tremble there, some sweet soul swoops holding the whole thing together. “Amazing Grace” Gives Us Aretha Franklin at the Spellbinding Height of Her Powers 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

Gospel Break In the middle of the ceremony, the couple paused to sing and dance to one of their favorite gospel songs, “I Smile” by Kirk Franklin. For a Motivational Speaker, It Took Years to Feel Worthy of His Love 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

"There's been a drift away from gospel and serious music to what sounds like a pep rally." Preview: Sacred Music Foundation celebrates religious music's classical roots 2010-07-26T22:58:00Z

Big Mike sang it well, it had the gospel feel that was present in Michael Jackson’s version, but it was just so predictable and stilted. "American Idol" recap: Down to the final four 2010-05-12T12:13:00Z

The instrumental lineup — Ms. Franklin on piano backed by an organist — should have been a tipoff that deep gospel was in store. The Playlist: New Songs From Prince and Garth Brooks, if You Can Find Them 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

The Vegas shows had gospel singers and a mini-orchestra; he sang “American Trilogy,” merging Civil War anthems of North and South, fusing cultural touchstones. Review: A Reverent Elvis Doc Separates the Trailblazer From His Tragedy 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

One is that black music from gospel and the blues forward is arguably this country’s greatest cultural achievement. What to See in New York City Galleries This Week 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

It’s as if Springsteen assigned himself to merge Woody Guthrie and gospel, all archetypes and declarations. Music: Pareles and Caramanica on Springsteen?s ?Wrecking Ball? 2012-03-02T21:32:35Z

The Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Kirk Franklin and his wife, Tammy, host a new competition dating show that adds a soul-searching element to the matchmaking process. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Ghosts of Beirut’ and ‘The Secrets of Hillsong’ 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

But there are sudden digressions and twists within the oppression, with glimpses of old soul and gospel, a sample of Hungarian rock, even Nina Simone’s version of the protest anthem “Strange Fruit.” Kanye West's 'Yeezus' an uneasy listen 2013-06-16T20:37:00Z

Assembled by the Pacific Northwest music journalist Mike McGonigal, it’s a survey of mostly obscure 45s made by singing groups, itinerant preachers and assorted others on the gospel circuit. Playlist: New CDS From the Four Bags and Phantom Family Halo 2011-10-01T04:00:07Z

He suggests that Franklin didn’t bend to pop, so much as bend pop toward her: She “was really the first gospel star to switch fields without switching styles.” Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z

With backgrounds in gospel and rock, they met when they were both asked to contribute to a country project and found chemistry. The Civil Wars cancel tour using divorce language 2012-11-07T00:28:14Z

A pastor preached his gospel of antisemitic lies and conspiracies on one of the most popular radio shows in the nation. With "The U.S. and the Holocaust" Ken Burns makes a sobering addition to the American story 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z

In the 1990s, as gospel began to remake itself in the image of commercial pop, Mr. Myles seemed to have all the right ingredients for success. Complicated Legacy of a Gospel Singer 2014-04-28T20:45:33Z

That gospel message is what the entire world needs to hear. Marvin Sapp on new album and dealing with pandemic at church 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

Appearing in a jazz vespers service at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, he leads a band featuring Cyrus Chestnut, a jazz pianist with a strong foundation in gospel music. Jazz Listings for June 5-11 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

This Palm Sunday morning, I sat in my local church with my family as the congregation relived the passion and crucifixion as it’s chronicled in the gospel. Turn off your iPad in church! 2014-04-14T18:31:00Z

Sonically, “Jesus Is King” flows smoothly from the exhilarating mood boards of his previous albums, which rendered gorgeous and inimitable tapestries of soul, house, gospel, and hip-hop. Kanye West’s True Salvation on “Jesus Is King” 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

Influenced by the blues/gospel, musicians were reacting against the trend to intellectualise jazz. Profile of jazz maestro Herbie Hancock: From the archive, 12 Feb 1975 2013-02-12T07:00:00Z

So it would be a natural progression to sing and to be a part of the gospel scene, whenever you could. Irma Thomas, a Soul Queen Far Beyond New Orleans 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

“How I Got Over” is named after a gospel standard — a Clara Ward song made famous by Mahalia Jackson — and there’s a streak of the church in the Roots’ new songs. New From Roots, Travie McCoy, Jason Moran and Nina Nastasia 2010-06-20T23:48:00Z

But when the renowned gospel singer initially stepped on campus, he was mostly incognito sporting his hat backward with sunglasses. Hezekiah Walker looks to bring gospel music center to HBCU 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

At 48, she may still look the definitive rock chick, but her voice proves surprisingly capable of expressing soul's emotional rollercoaster, whether on Summer Day's upbeat delights or I Shall Believe's vulnerable, new gospel makeover. Sheryl Crow ? review 2010-10-13T21:31:00Z

While many gospel singers, repeating vibrant phrases to stir their congregants, become emotion-driven shouters, Miss Smith never lost sense of her role as a musician. Carrie Smith, Singer in ‘Black and Blue,’ Dies at 86 2012-05-27T05:16:12Z

Like a prophet without honor in his own home, Inglis is shown preaching the gospel of climate change, to the derision of some of his former supporters. ‘Food, Inc.’ director’s new project shines light on climate-change deniers 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

Little Richard, he said, patterned his “preacher’s growl” on the style of Marion Williams, one of the most famous gospel singers, who joined the Ward Singers for about a decade. Willa Ward, Gospel Singer, Dies at 91 2012-08-23T02:11:34Z

It also includes “G.I. Blues,” the gospel collection “His Hand in Mine” and several of his movie soundtracks. Reissues, Spotify lists celebrate Elvis Presley's 80th birthday 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

It’s hard to tell whether spreaders of the sake gospel are winning over converts — or simply mesmerizing them with magical tales. In Las Vegas, a Good Story Helps Sell Expensive Sakes 2011-02-02T05:40:04Z

Though the album fizzled in England, the rock opera with a full orchestra and gospel choir took off in America, climbing to No. 1 on the Billboard charts by February 1971. ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at 50: What Was the Buzz? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

The 13-section dance is essentially a sermon, in which the musical styles include bebop, gospel, blues and ragtime. Alvin Ailey Restages ?Mary Lou?s Mass? 2010-06-03T20:55:00Z

The result is an ecstatic, urgent swirl of jazz, funk and cosmic gospel that balances individual fireworks from some of L.A.'s top jazz players with airtight interplay. Kamasi Washington expands jazz's boundaries on new album 'The Epic'

Mr. Roumain deftly folded gospel, funk, jazz and classical styles into his arresting score. The Best Classical Music Performances of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

Over the past two decades, soccer clubs around the world have been adopting the gospel of big data. What to Read During the World Cup 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

Although fragments of all of them survive, York boasts one of the most complete cycles: 48 plays in all, acted in a day-long pageant dramatising the gospel from Genesis to the Last Judgment. York Mystery Plays: God and his friend the devil 2012-08-07T17:10:55Z

Ms. Jones closed the set with a waltz called “Carry On,” which inhabits a Ray Charles-ish convergence of gospel, country and soul. The Playlist: Britney Spears Puts on a Show and Tove Lo Plays it Cool 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

He had an evened-out, coherent composing voice that contained bebop and rock, gospel hymns and country, free jazz and funk and midcentury film music and Charles Ives. Music Review: Wayne Horvitz and Royal Room Collective at the Stone 2013-05-22T21:46:01Z

Most of her arrangements use just a few discrete, foundational piano chords to ground the songs in gospel or soul but leave wide-open spaces for the vocals. Review: Ibeyi, Twin Sisters and a Duo, Uses Songs to Show Roots 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

It turns out Henry prefers the scat-singing of Cab Calloway to gospel, and a brief Calloway imitation leads him into memories of a job delivering groceries on his bicycle, sometime in the 1930s. “Alive Inside”: Music may be the best medicine for dementia 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

A trailer released Monday featured Houston prominently, including a snippet of her performance of the classic gospel song "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." Autopsy: White residue on spoon in Houston's room 2012-04-04T22:07:09Z

Whitney Houston’s soundtrack to “The Preacher’s Wife” is best-selling gospel album ever. Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Gospel, blues artist Marva Wright dead at 62 The Associated Press New Orleans blues and gospel singer Marva Wright died Tuesday at age 62, her former manager said. Gospel, blues artist Marva Wright dead at 62 2010-03-23T21:23:00Z

“The mistakes were replicated over and over again. For a long time, audiences and then writers accepted them as gospel.” How Should Black People Sound? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

His father had been in a gospel group, and when Mr. Waddell was a child, his father “put me on the chair and said ‘sing!’” In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

The pop artist finished the tour for the aforementioned gospel album in November of last year and is already back on the road for an acoustic promotional tour. Seattle-area music and nightlife events, March 8-14: Noname, Tori Kelly and more 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

I can believe in the gospel and be a kind and accepting person at the same time. Mormon Boy Scout gives ultimatum on gays 2013-02-21T15:07:00Z

He recorded gospel and bluegrass music and played at gatherings led by the Rev. Billy Graham. George Hamilton IV, 77, Country Singer 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Citing disco, gospel and rock undercurrents, and the influence of Tame Impala’s psychedelic pop, Maxwell called the music “progressive soul.” Maxwell Is on His Own Timetable 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

The group offers rock mixed with gospel, soul and rhythm and blues. Spare Times for Children Listings for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Using an array of nonsense jargon, banal chatter and surreal advice, Jackson encourages his audience to embrace the gospel of pointlessness. This week's new comedy 2011-01-01T00:05:55Z

I’ve come to believe this as a kind of personal gospel. My Dead 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Phelps was born in Shreveport, La. In his late teens he moved to Chicago, where he performed with several gospel groups including the Gospel Songbirds, the Holy Wonders and the Soul Stirrers. James Phelps, Gospel and R&B Singer, Dies at 78 2010-10-28T00:09:00Z

“When I turned the radio on in Memphis, there was a gospel program on. And I never looked back.” A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on musical legacy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

It’s a broad sound from the chest that implies emotion without breaking or moving into gospel runs or becoming coy. Music Review: Zola Jesus at the Knitting Factory ? Review 2011-10-19T22:05:25Z

Along with a 16-piece band and a gospel choir, it will feature the soprano Priscilla Baskerville, the tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith, students from Dance Theater of Harlem and narration by the actor Norm Lewis. Jazz Listings for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

In his solo career, the New Orleans native explores the less radio-friendly aspects of his sound: traditional R&B, gospel and even some funk. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

As is his habit with all the people he prepares, he put earphones in his mother’s ears, and played her gospel music, though he worked in silence. The iPhone at the Deathbed 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Green, who is in the gospel and rock halls of fame, became a pastor in 1976. Honors Class of ’14: Al Green, Tom Hanks, Patricia McBride, Lily Tomlin, Sting

For an explanation of Joseph's response, I am persuaded by the exegesis of Bernard of Clairvaux in which he has pieced together the remaining fragments of the lost gospel of Saint Trevor. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI – digested read 2012-11-25T19:30:02Z

It’s American music — blues, country, R&B, gospel — refracted through English sensibilities while ditching decorum and riding the backbeat. Pop: The Rolling Stones at 50 Prepare to Tour 2012-11-08T16:00:00Z

Both music statisticians and executives invoke Silicon Valley and its attention-economy gospel, arguing that shorter content caters to distracted minds. Tierra Whack Stretches the Limits of One-Minute Songs 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z

The boys’ father enlisted them in a traveling family gospel group when they were children. Jimmy Ruffin, Singer of a Memorable Motown Hit, Dies at 78 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

My very first gospel album, I was told its got to sound like a gospel record. Michelle Williams on her 'Journey to Freedom' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

Venturing into gospel and blues, the fast-moving two-hour show includes many familiar tunes, among them “Stormy Weather,” “Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues,” “What Is This Thing Called Love?” and “Strange Fruit.” ‘Cafe Society Swing’ at 59E59 Theaters 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Spencer Tracy, devout and guilt-ridden, played Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town, which, like most Catholic movies, stressed the Church's commitment to a social gospel. Hollywood's God old days 2010-03-20T00:12:00Z

One of the better of Mississippi Records’ curated compilations of early, scratchy, ghostly American gospel and pre-war blues music, “Last Kind Words” is named for Geeshie Wiley’s rare Paramount records side. Unsung Heroes: Tips on reissues by Lewis, Gun Club, Pia Zadora, more 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

A scene where a D.C. gospel choir contributes to one of Harvey’s songs is a little uncomfortable. ‘A Dog Called Money’ Review: Lyrical Encounters With PJ Harvey 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

Several songs, including “No Child Left Behind,” “Jesus Lord” and “24,” sound like kin to the music West was making during his embrace of gospel. Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Era, on a Chaotic Stage 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

Will there may be some beneficial advice to be gleaned, I would argue against considering it gospel. 12 Tips for Living a Longer Life 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

But “Soldier, Spectre, Shaman,” a noteworthy and all too rare exhibition on view on the museum’s third floor, offers a vital corrective to the gospel of abstract art. ‘Soldier, Spectre, Shaman,’ an Alternate History at MoMA 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Adams, who performed two rousing songs backed by a gospel choir, thanked the Grammy Foundation "for preserving the authenticity of all music." Music teachers now eligible for new Grammy honor 2013-02-08T10:16:04Z

Probably because gospel music is the music of good news and in these days there just isn’t any. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

The label’s 2003 debut — a six-CD compendium of the United States’ earliest gospel recordings, called “Goodbye, Babylon” — offered a similarly integrated interpretation of the country’s music. How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

You'd expect this meeting of the long-running gospel group and veteran blues musician to have plenty of spirit, and they don't disappoint. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

Raised as a gospel singer, she credited her faith — along with the support of her family; her manager, Alan Abrahams; and friends, like the record executive Lou Adler — with helping her recover. Keith Richards Honors Merry Clayton After Car Crash 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

That was the case with Porter’s show, “Sanctuary,” for which he is writing the book, about a pop diva with big issues, and Kurt Carr is writing the gospel score. Where Do Theater Artists Go to Ask Questions? Poughkeepsie. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

The city, once known for its violent gang-ridden streets, hosts a gospel music festival to specifically counter the gangsta rap images that are still associated with the city. Suge Knight remains stuck in a gangsta rap past 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

“The Ultimate Gift,” a musical about a man’s journey to find peace in his life, written by Charmaine Massiah, features contemporary gospel music and traditional holiday songs. Glory, Soulful and Global 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

He began doing session gospel and R&B work. R&B singer David Peaston dies at age 54 2012-02-02T21:26:08Z

"This is the first time we've been able to throw out an idea like, 'Dude, it'd be cool to have a gospel choir', and it wouldn't get shot down." Paramore: no more Misery Business 2013-01-26T06:00:00Z

Gospel star Yolanda Adams, who also performed, gently took some of her peers to task as she won best gospel artist, urging them to act mature and use their fame wisely. Beyonce, Brown, Kanye, Jay-Z win at BET Awards 2012-07-02T02:50:11Z

One of the few female country musicians here, Ms. Konkara, 27, grew up in a village north of Nairobi and sang gospel in Kikuyu at church. Country Music Finds a Home Far From Home, in Kenya 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Adams grabs onto all kinds of influences, from Kurt Weill to James Brown and gospel, and providing everything from his personal Minimalist bounce to, in Dewain's powerful "Song of Liberation and Surprise," operatic transcendence. John Adams' 'Ceiling/Sky' remains earthbound 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

It's an intoxicating blend of blues, gospel and soul. Rock, pop and soul in the grass at Mountain Music Fest 2010-08-13T01:01:00Z

Mahalia Jackson, the gospel singer, was a neighbor and frequent guest. Books of The Times: ‘I’ll Take You There,’ by Greg Kot 2014-02-20T13:00:01Z

“I grew up with gospel music in my blood and on my mind,” Mr. Ligon told The Los Angeles Times in 1994. Joe Ligon, Gospel Singer With the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dies at 80 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Ms. Smith began as a gospel singer, performing at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival and on other stages with the Back Home Choir of the Greater Harvest Baptist Church in Newark. Carrie Smith, Singer in ‘Black and Blue,’ Dies at 86 2012-05-27T05:16:12Z

Fortunately, the one onstage, directed by Jay Binder and Julie Arenal, has many good songs — jazz, ragtime, gospel, rock and even one funny, though totally superfluous, Russian-flavored number — and an excellent cast. Theater Review: ‘Timmy the Great,’ Family Musical, at Theater for the New City 2013-08-21T22:15:47Z

Florence and the Machine draw on American soul and gospel, too, though they stiffen up any swing. New Music by Florence and the Machine and Meshell Ndegeocello 2011-11-07T22:33:38Z

The Tennessee State University Marching Band was the first college marching band ever nominated for best roots gospel album, and it won with “The Urban Hymnal.” Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Awards Ceremony 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

Her intention was to honor the letter as the great work of American literature that it is, but the resonance of its social critique and its gospel of love persuaded her to expand the offering. 'Never Givin' Up' recites MLK's 'Letter' to call for justice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

There, he set his runway outside, just beyond a group of the original white-frame houses in the center’s backyard, where a 40-person gospel choir was arrayed to sing his collection out. On this Runway, Black Lives Matter 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

Early exposure at home to ska, dub, gospel and Rastafarian music was later nurtured at a local Adventist church. Madness, Royalty and the Music of Screams 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

The gossip was taken as gospel months before it happened. Imagining a World After Anna 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

A: You know, he did interact with us, but it had a lot to do with our gospel. She’s a rebel: Darlene Love returns to D.C. for the holidays — for her Howard Theatre show 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

On the contrary "Mahalia" is pleasing, good mood fodder that should in no way be considered an exhaustive account of the gospel virtuoso's expansive life. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z

Dolomite has imposed a ban on the use of the N-word, saying, “next thing you know, that word ends up in the church as gospel, then folk sell that word like a brand.” Review: ‘ToasT’ Where Words Are a Cellblock’s Weapon of Choice 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

It’s an ambitious, audacious album, to say the least, one that strives to push past the confines of hip-hop in its embrace of funk, soul, gospel and the genre often dubbed America’s classical music — jazz. In 2015, jazz reasserted itself 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

It's way to spread the gospel, if you will, about Vietnamese culture and food. World Chefs: Phan shares food, journey from Vietnam 2012-10-09T09:06:03Z

On alto saxophone, his main instrument, he has an attractively mellow sound, rooted in soul and gospel and sharpened with just a hint of metallic tang. Gerald Albright and Karen Mantler Release Albums 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

But the guitar already had a long tradition in gospel music. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

King, the Staples Singers, The 5th Dimension, some of the giants of gospel — including a summit of Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples singing the civil-rights-era anthem “We Shall Overcome.” In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Curiously enough, this was much less true of the straightforward gospel choir from Chicago. Patti Smith showed me what sacred music is 2013-06-26T10:15:58Z

Mr. Porter tosses off gospel inflections with ease, responding to the sighing arc of Chip Crawford’s piano chords. The Playlist: Frank Ocean Rescues ‘Moon River,’ and 10 More New Songs 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Their mix of gospel and R&B sent them to the top of both charts and earned them a Grammy in 1991 with the album “Different Lifestyles,” which featured Mavis Staples and MC Hammer. BeBe and CeCe and the DNA of gospel 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

It was based on old gospel songs, primarily “I’ll Overcome,” a hymn that striking tobacco workers had sung on a picket line in South Carolina. Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 2014-01-28T06:32:10Z

“We used to sing church music — hymns, gospel — at home,” he added. Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

She was a classically trained pianist, but her work also drew upon jazz, gospel, the blues, folk and European art songs. Books of The Times: Under a Strange, Soulful Spell 2010-02-19T05:52:00Z

Its residents made cult-classic videos and did photo shoots that became the gospel of skateboarding’s ballooning community. How a Pro Skateboarder Became an Apostle of Ancient Tuning 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

And for Western ears, the Zulu traditions that Ladysmith draws on are pleasingly reminiscent of gospel and doo-wop. New Music: Kathleen Edwards, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cate Le Bon ? CDs 2012-01-16T22:48:58Z

They approach another of the film’s strengths: rebuke — of, in its title and closing sequence, the gospel opportunism in Kanye West’s film “Jesus Is King.” Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

This week: A Golden State-themed makeover of a Shakespearean fantasy, an ancient Greek tragedy with a gospel twist, and a new adaptation of a classic French farce. L.A. theater openings, June 14-21: 'California: The Tempest' and more 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Like most Delta towns, Belzoni still looks very much like it did in the 1950s, when Reverend Lee preached the gospel here. The Freedom Trail in Mississippi Is a Chronicle of Outrage and Courage 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

The story is set in a primarily African-American Memphis megachurch; one of its show’s attractions is its soundtrack featuring gospel music. TV picks for March 15: ‘Greenleaf’ returns 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

But its centerpiece is “Colfax/Step in Time,” which starts like a talking blues set against laconic guitar and plunking banjo and builds toward a finale that’s part marching band and part gospel choir. Kevin Gordon Releases ?Gloryland,? His First Album Since 2005 2012-02-21T17:04:15Z

An arrogant gospel singer performs at a funeral; a date is disrupted; rude wake-up calls; actor Michael Strahan. TV Picks: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards 2011-08-24T21:55:04Z

There he founded the Harrow Jazz Purist Society; played mandolin in the Crawdads, a skiffle band; and in 1951 wrote his first scholarly article, on gospel songs, for Jazz Monthly. Paul Oliver, Pre-eminent Authority on the Blues, Dies at 90 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

However, it's less likely that Ashcroft has actually found God – or American gospel – than some new metaphors in his career-long, er, crusade to demonstrate that music is power, man. RPA and the United Nations of Sound 2010-06-16T20:29:00Z

Her first stab at a music career was through a gospel music album. Devil talk banned in Katy Perry's childhood home 2011-05-03T21:41:06Z

It was tiny, like a faded old church, but the old-style gospel jazz was brilliant and my hip-hop loving son adored it. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z

Nations and plutocrats alike spent money to spread the gospel. “Steve Jobs,” portrait of the artist as tech guru: What we lose when we worship at the altar of commerce 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Smallwood helped form Howard’s gospel choir, and sitting in a basement practice room in the fine arts department, he penned what became another of his biggest hits, “I Love the Lord.” The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

The gospel of Nigerian film and music is spread, in part, by Africa-wide TV channels such as Africa Magic, Channel O and Trace TV. Nigeria's entertainment industry eager to make pirates part of sea change 2012-12-14T07:00:01Z

He was a magnetic, kinetic master of R&B, soul and funk, with roots in gospel and big-band music. ‘Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown,’ on HBO 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

The program includes a new work by its artistic director, Robert Battle, and a performance of the company’s beloved signature dance, “Revelations,” featuring live music and a gospel choir. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

He went from flamboyant rocker to gospel singer and back again. ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Review: The Nitty-Gritty Beyond ‘Tutti Frutti’ 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

So The Daily Show host made his point that it’s no real shock “even Jon Stewart” would mock the president’s plans with nothing less than a full gospel choir singing “Go f— yourself.” Watch Jon Stewart's 11 Best 'Daily Show' Takedowns 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Jackson didn't sing popular music, though – she sang gospel. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z

Tucked behind Ms. Rose’s supple pop-jazz voice is a gospel belter who occasionally broke through the mood of friendly pop decorum. Music Review: Easygoing Look at Determined Women 2011-02-06T22:37:09Z

Many televangelists have espoused what has come to be known as the prosperity gospel—the health-and- wealth/name-it-and-claim-it gospel of economic entitlement. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z

And then there she was, leading more than 100 people in songs that ran the gamut from the slave tradition to gospel to the civil rights movement. A serendipitous life: Ysaye Barnwell and the healing power of music 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

“We started getting into a mind-set of taking a lot of stuff that was uncool and trying to make it cool, like new-agey music and musicals and gospel.” 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z

But, for me, it was the awesome power of the Kingdom Choir — the Christian gospel group from southeast London — and its leader, the renowned gospel singer Karen Gibson, that captivated me. Meghan Markle and the Bicultural Blackness of the Royal Wedding 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

It will mark her fourth album and first release since 2001's "The Way I Am," which received a Grammy nomination for best rock gospel album. Christian music star Jennifer Knapp says she is a lesbian 2010-04-13T19:16:00Z

That alchemy of blues and gospel cadences would create one of the most affecting voices in black music. Bobby 'Blue' Bland dies at 83 2013-06-24T17:00:00Z

Morris Park for a celebration of soul, gospel, funk and, most of all of Black identity at a pivotal point in African American culture. Questlove uncovers ‘Black Woodstock’ in his hit Sundance doc 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

Kendrick doesn’t preach the gospel of wealth; he also doesn’t suggest the trials of faith arising from the wearying struggles of unrelenting poverty. The Sanitized Christianity of “War Room” 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Thumping gospel at weekly church services propels congregants to feel the power of God. Nigeria taps the power of music to try to beat coronavirus 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

This season it will be presented 28 times; during the first week it will feature live musical accompaniment by a full gospel choir. Kyle Abraham’s ‘Untitled America’ Trilogy Reaches its Conclusion 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

She decided to record “Amazing Grace” at the height of her success, aware that some people — church people — felt that she’d turned her back on her gospel roots, that she’d dyed them pop. Aretha Franklin Didn’t Want You to See This Movie. But You Must. 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

I grew up in the church, so naturally I would be singing gospel music. Irma Thomas, a Soul Queen Far Beyond New Orleans 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

As “Set Me Free” gathers banjo, gospel choir and a muscular rock band, Ms. Cotton testifies to pain, need, revelation and redemption in a voice that’s as raw as it is indomitable. The Playlist: Cardi B Isn’t Going Anywhere and 9 More New Songs 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

Finally, this extended performance, last year at a White House gospel concert, which was broadcast by PBS, ends with Franklin on her knees. The History of Aretha, in Ten Videos 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Wright, a 37-year-old from Georgia whose husky alto projects regal female power and gospel gravity, made a splash with her first album, “Salt,” in 2003. Catch these jazz shows in June 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

While the dribs are barely visible, they defy the era’s briefly influential gospel of flatness. In the galleries: A painter’s progress revealed 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

He had loved the sound of black gospel music and sharecropper work songs since he was a child. Review: ‘Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,’ by Peter Guralnick 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

He preached that gospel because he’s the avant-garde preservationist, the go-backward-to-go-forward man. Talent vs. Buzz: the Push-Pull of Coachella 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

His website said the duo developed their distinctive close harmonies with a style called "shape note singing" that borrowed from Southern gospel sung in rural churches. Country music legend Charlie Louvin dies 2011-01-26T18:52:19Z

Like many of his peers, Little Richard was funneling gospel and blues into a new black art form that would change the sound of the world, but his voice is what made rock-and-roll explode. Perspective | Life is a scream: Remembering Little Richard, the self-described king, queen and architect of rock-and-roll 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

The crowd was on its feet as he performed his new single, “Need a Favor,” in a studded leather jacket, his gravelly voice backed by a full gospel choir. Meet Jelly Roll, the Rapper Turned Country Singer Rousing Nashville 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

"The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song" opens with a gospel hymn sung by a familiar voice. . . that of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., its creator, host and narrator. PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

In worn boots, he walks the dusty path to a nearby gospel church. Getting it together for James Brown biopic 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

"River of Dreams" assimilates styles of music he appreciates — blues, R&B, gospel, '50s rock, classical, wiry hard rock — in bold, open-hearted ways. Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams” at 25: Why his most personal work was a perfect last record 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

Naturally, publishers aren’t just picking any old hit that spreads the gospel of love; they’re looking for songs by artists wholesome enough to have their names stamped on a product directed at kids. Bob Dylan and Will Smith: Children’s Authors? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

A choir of some two dozen parishioners sang gospel music in between speakers who eulogized the loss. Cop investigates scene, finds stepson dead 2011-12-06T03:46:00Z

It would be even better if it privileged ghoulishness over gospel. ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Review: Church, Meet State 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

How has the “prosperity gospel” become so favored a message in the black church? My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z

Aretha was backed on both nights by the great gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, and choirmaster James Cleveland and his excellent Southern California Community Choir. “Amazing Grace” Gives Us Aretha Franklin at the Spellbinding Height of Her Powers 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

We gave them as much tools and gospel teaching as we could. My day at Westboro Baptist: “Yes, Jesus hates you” 2013-03-24T11:00:00Z

The music Mr. Russell made on his own put a scruffy, casual surface on rich musical hybrids, interweaving soul, country, blues, jazz, gospel, pop and classical music. Leon Russell, Hit Maker and Musicians’ Musician, Dies at 74 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Despite the gospel elements of her style, Ms. Dexter has no religious agenda. Music Review: Baby Jane Dexter at the Metropolitan Room 2012-11-25T23:01:54Z

Morris says Walker was "a living legend" who was responsible for launching more than a dozen careers of gospel artists. 'Queen of Gospel' Albertina Walker dies at age 81 2010-10-08T18:52:00Z

“In the secular world, they test a single first, but even the gospel majors don’t do that,” Mr. Boone said. Building a Small Empire Through Viral Gospel 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

The Penguin was eventually saved, corporeally if not spiritually, by a church bus full of gospel singers. 'Gotham' Recap: Hallelujah! The Penguin Escapes Again 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Fast forward to 2019 and the birth of his born-again status and Sunday Service, gospel gatherings he has held at home in Los Angeles and around the world. Kim and Kanye: Tales of an uber celeb marriage gone wrong 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

Franklin, who died at her Detroit home from pancreatic cancer, began her musical career as a child singing gospel at the city’s New Bethel Baptist Church. Aretha Franklin's gospel roots celebrated at Queen of Soul's funeral 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

While Legend's chorus provides uplifting gospel sweep, Common's rhymes can be hard-hitting. For Oscar nominee Common, 'Glory' had to be majestic and radical 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

This was the crux of the prosperity gospel — God did not intend for His chosen people to suffer, but rather to have plenty, to be full, to be spiritually and materially rich. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z

Netflix has been committed to spreading the gospel of binge-watching, but unlike, say, House of Cards, I’m assuming a talk show does not lend itself to releasing a year’s worth of episodes in one day. Binge Talking? Chelsea Handler Signs Deal for Netflix Talk Show 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

“I need a country, I need a gospel, and I need a hip-hop.” Tayla Parx Helped Ariana Grande Evolve. Now It’s Her Turn. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

He was backed by a gospel choir that occasionally chimed in, singing, "Corporations are people," a phrase made famous by Republican front-runner Mitt Romney. Stephen Colbert "campaigns" in South Carolina 2012-01-21T02:30:53Z

The Staples tapped into that sound in their gospel songs, than gradually incorporated folk, soul and protest music as part of the emerging civil-rights movement in the 1960s. Cleotha Staples, founding member of the Staple Singers, dies at 78 2013-02-22T15:51:00Z

The intense incarnation of what Mellencamp calls “gypsy rock” – a blend of black gospel, Delta blues, and 1960s style rock – is an exercise in musical and sociopolitical solidarity. Mellencamp “doesn’t play to his base”: Why this lefty populist is at home among conservatives 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Sam Cooke, who spent the early ’50s as lead singer of a gospel quintet, the Soul Stirrers, first heard the brothers sing on a visit to Cleveland, when Mr. Womack was about 7. Bobby Womack, Songwriter and Musician, Dies at 70 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The four-member group that became the Winans — the second through fifth siblings in the family — began singing in church and were discovered by legendary gospel singer Andrae Crouch, who signed them to Light Records. BeBe and CeCe and the DNA of gospel 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

What would her 15-year-old-self, the one whose teenage dream it was to be a gospel star, think of her life now? Arts & Leisure Preview: Katy Perry, Pop Cartoon Sprung From the Playbook 2010-08-19T17:54:00Z

The Winans provide a beneficent example to us all, but it’s as if the show were an extension of the gospel family’s publicity. Review: Music trumps storytelling in 'Born for This,' the BeBe and CeCe Winans story 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

A gospel choir, clad in black, joined in later on to complement Underwood’s husky vocals. Watch Carrie Underwood's Awesome CMT Performance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

During the civil rights movement — our country’s most sterling model of social change — marchers sang “We Shall Overcome,” a larger-than-life gospel song that promised victory just over the horizon. Perspective | It’s a brave new world. Why is our protest music stuck in the past? 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

But he did croon several bars of the gospel hymn "Amen" while channeling the persuasiveness of a shuck-and-jive televangelist. Kid Rock's beefy, patriotic riffs fill United Center 2011-02-27T16:32:00Z

After several stops, and more raids, the saint and his gospel were buried in what became the great cathedral of Durham. British Library seeks ?9m to buy oldest book in Europe 2011-07-14T15:47:59Z

"The gospel and contemporary Christian-oriented assets in all of those areas will continue to be invaluable in the positioning of Georgia as an entertainment industry destination," she continued. Gospel artists flock to Atlanta to advance career 2012-06-01T12:47:08Z

Call it garage gospel: slow, deliberate music played on mostly acoustic instruments, sung with full throats and hearts, delivered with disarming earnestness. Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives to open for the Maldives and Moondoggies 2010-12-16T22:17:26Z

They cite musical influences including Velvet Underground, Queen, Petula Clark and gospel. 'Hit the Wall' returns to the spark of the LGBT rights movement 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

It’s there in the way the music holds on to blues and gospel roots connected to deeper African ancestry. Leon Bridges Brings Southern Soul Into the 21st Century 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

The band plays straightforward Southern soul: three chords, blues and gospel roots, aching when it’s slow and growling and whooping when it’s fast. ArtsBeat Blog: At CMJ, a Critic's Imagination Come to Life 2011-10-21T17:45:41Z

I was not supposed to have science teachers who believed in the gospel of creation, to hear commercial country music on every radio, to spend my life cruising down Fourteenth Street. The City at the Bottom of the Sea 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

“Hometown” builds powerfully with a gospel choir wrapped around a towering guitar solo. Review: Brantley Gilbert’s star-making album 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Cooke’s voice, backed by the ethereal harmonies of his gospel group, the Soul Stirrers, pulsated along the curved walls of acoustic tiles from a surround-sound system. The Museum of the Bible: The last place in D.C. you might expect to hear Queen, Kanye and the Clash 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

She coos and trumpets; she whispers and growls; she reaches into blues and gospel and does some jazzy scat singing. Critics? Choice: New Cds: The Droll, Buzzing Grandpas of Rap 2011-05-02T19:51:31Z

At 14, she was not just recording gospel, but in harrowing testimonials such as “There’s a Fountain Filled with Blood” imbuing it with drama and depth of feeling that were miles behind her years. Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z

At one point he started playing a little children’s keyboard and sang an old gospel song. The night Bob Dylan abandoned me at a petrol station 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

Despite his well-publicized marital problems and struggles with drugs and alcohol, he said, he remained a gospel singer at heart. Bobby Womack, Songwriter and Musician, Dies at 70 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

June grew up in eastern Tennessee, a part of the state often described as a meeting point between different musical traditions: blues, gospel, Appalachian folk. Valerie June’s Music Is a Reminder That Life Goes On 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

“Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel well?” asked the gospel choir, and then pushed the question further from the biblical to the political: “Then why not every man?” How Alvin Ailey Opened the Eyes of a 12-Year-Old Zadie Smith 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

Over on the leafy campus of FAMU, a smaller, historically black university, I followed the sound of what sounded like funked-up gospel. In Tallahassee, getting the party started for game day

Echoes of old-school soul appear as a kind of inverse gospel, prayers without hope of redemption: “You’re face down in the ocean/ And no one’s there in the lighthouse,” goes one chorus. Critic?s Notebook: The Roots: 2 Albums, One Quest 2011-12-06T23:35:54Z

"There's something to be said for the power of the gospel writers and how they fashioned something that ignited their world." Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

As for the musical composition, performed by an orchestra of six, “Oratorio” layers myriad genres — gospel, jazz, Baroque and a range of pop styles — to create harmony where cacophony might otherwise exist. Heather Christian’s Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Winchester had 10 years of piano lessons, played organ in church and picked up guitar after hearing rockabilly, blues and gospel on Memphis radio. Jesse Winchester, Writer and Singer of Thoughtful Songs, Dies at 69 2014-04-11T23:53:26Z

Always for me it's going to be a mix of gospel, hip hop, and R&B. Mint Condition. "People are actively, persistently racist": Poet Joshua Bennett on performative anti-racism 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z

But there’s a tendency to think that, with gospel music, its strength really does just come down from the skies, that it’s some kind of radioactive spider. ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ Will Make You Want to Sing Out 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

She burrows so deeply into the styles she embraces, especially gospel and its offshoots, that the music in her more serious scores becomes an organic dramatic element. Music Review | Jeanine Tesori: Her Thoroughly Modern Music Inspired by Gospel and Opera 2010-03-08T23:08:00Z

Like the Winans and others later on, the Allens inverted the formula of soul performers like Ray Charles who used gospel sounds for secular themes. Gospel star Bishop Rance Allen dead at 71 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Still, Wallace — who studied religion at Duke University and attended seminary — never lost sight of certain realities that are slowly turning into a kind of gospel across the film business. Hollywood on mission to win faith of Christians 2014-04-19T03:13:22Z

Ms. Taylor, who will direct a revival of her gospel musical “Crowns” at the McCarter next spring, connects the injustice of Johnson’s debt with the school-to-prison pipeline today. Putting the Ghosts of Princeton’s Racial Past Onstage 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

Three years ago there was Killing Jesus, which focused on Johanna in Luke’s gospel. Faith films challenge Hollywood at box office 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z

And gospel singer Yolanda Adams brought the house down with her moving rendition of “Jesus is Love.” The 6 most memorable moments from the BET Awards 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

Disapproval of excessive wealth and unchecked avarice is Hollywood gospel. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

The others tap into the deep well of gospel music Clayton has been singing since she was a toddler in the church of her minister father. The Unstoppable Merry Clayton 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z

As a teenage mother of two in the mid-1950s, sticking with gospel would have been a sensible path for the young singer. How Aretha Franklin asserted control over her career, paving the way for female musicians 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

She can summon the power of a field holler, Celtic quavers, girlish innocence, bluesy sensuality, gospel exaltation or the pain of slavery. A Solo Spotlight for a Powerful Voice 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Nonetheless, gospel can be mysterious in it arrangements and mystical as performance. ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ Will Make You Want to Sing Out 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

The club has bolstered its calendar with blues, jazz and gospel concerts and comedy in addition to Tuesday’s open mic night, reinvesting the earnings into the club. At historic Royal Esquire Club, members add new energy amid a changing Seattle 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z

A bunch of us students would get down in the practice area, and we’d always have somebody watching to see if the dean came in, and we’d be singing gospel. Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

Knowles was dropped as Beyoncé's manager in March in what was said to be a mutual decision based on his desire to focus on gospel acts. Beyonc?'s father alleged to have stolen from her 2011-07-13T12:12:30Z

The gospel singer Deitrick Haddon has over the last decade been one of the genre’s limit pushers, tugging at its musical and ideological boundaries. Holiday Music for the Joyful, the Lonely and the Skeptical 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

The library said it had agreed with institutions in Northumbria, the region where Cuthbert lived, to let the gospel be displayed at Durham Cathedral and other institutions as well as in London. British Library eyes ancient Cuthbert Gospel 2011-07-14T17:28:08Z

In addition to being Franklin's goddaughter, she was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick. Pop queen Whitney Houston dies on eve of Grammys 2012-02-12T12:30:12Z

Robertson was Canadian, and yet his exploration of America's diverse musical terrain – rock and roll, gospel, blues, country, jazz – emerged as one of the most definitive. How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z

However, a deeper examination reveals that the gospel being most preached today is a form of self-centeredness: the gospel of self. Jesus, big money and the GOP: Before Fox News, there was “The 700 Club” 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

The group was already well known for their gospel singing when Presley recruited them to perform on his recording of "Hound Dog," in 1956. Gordon Stoker, member of Jordanaires, dies at 88 2013-03-27T19:50:09Z

As stated in the manifesto drawn up at its founding, it intended to spread the gospel of Modern design — and art — worldwide. In ‘Artek and the Aaltos,’ Caution — Sleek, Modernist Curves Ahead 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

In other words — words David wouldn’t use, since neither he nor anyone else seems to have heard of Christianity — who will write his gospel? J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Sees the World as Don Quixote Does 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

I grew up in a Christian denomination that preached a “go forth and multiply” gospel, bolstered by baby parades and quiverfull dreams. "Queer Eye" for the purity culture survivor: On the Fab Five's healthy approach to being selfish 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

The gospel of autointoxication and internal putrescence was laid on thick and spiked with testimonials: from customers, doctors, clergy, all wordily professing their satisfaction and gratitude. Passing gas: A modern scientific history 2013-04-07T11:00:00Z

Growing up in Leeds, a city in northern England, Archives said she was surrounded by music from a young age — hearing gospel at her local Jamaican Pentecostal church, rap at home and drum-and-bass at carnivals. Drum-and-Bass Is Rising Again, With Nia Archives in the Spotlight 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

Like Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry or Harry Crews's nameless gospel singer, this renegade advocate for a church without God is a kind of prototype Johnny Rotten. Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers 2013-01-16T11:12:26Z

In the early 2010s he moved them to a studio in downtown Memphis, where they sat until Bible & Tire, a label that focuses on gospel and soul, bought the catalog. A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

“Sometimes the music will be atonal or cinematic, or like a horror movie or a gospel.” War Machines (With Gymnasts) 2011-05-13T21:23:27Z

I’ve been singing this same song for years, but Gary’s got a much bigger platform to spread that gospel. See Innovative Products from RH Modern 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Four decades later, in 2007, he was nominated for a Grammy for the gospel CD “Walk a Mile in My Shoes.” Otis Clay, rhythm and blues singer with unvarnished style, dies at 73 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Like Liszt, he writes romantic piano solos with a sparkling right hand; like Keith Jarrett, he improvises funky gospel tunes, humming along with his own solos. London Jazz Festival: Tigran Hamasyan – review 2012-11-11T17:51:46Z

“Sunday Morning,” on the other hand, opens with a soulful version of the gospel standard “Uncloudy Day,” a hit for the Staple Singers in 1956, that Mr. Stuart sings in a duet with Mavis Staples. Marty Stuart Preserves Country in New Music and Photos 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Her patrons are an odd assortment of actors, well-heeled matrons, hedge-fund managers and scores of more modest believers in Ms. Longshore’s gospel. Ashley Longshore Is Fashion’s Latest Art Darling 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

In the 2000s he recorded for Sojourn Records, with a repertoire that dipped into blues, country, ragtime, jazz standards, gospel and even a Christmas carol. Danny Kalb, Guitarist Who Gave Blues-Rock an Edge, Dies at 80 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

He flew to Atlanta to meet Steven Lance Ledbetter, founder of Dust-to-Digital, after seeing that label’s handsome CD box set “Goodbye, Babylon,” a compilation of old gospel recordings. Art: Jim Linderman Collects It All, Vintage Sleaze to Baptism Photos 2012-02-12T15:28:58Z

Fans of Ms. Houston, an R&B legend and daughter of a gospel singer, were perpetually hoping for a full-throated comeback. Fans Highlight Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Bond With Her Mother 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Janice Crouch, who founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with her husband, Paul, and preached a “gospel of prosperity” with him on TBN programs, reaching millions of viewers around the world, died on Tuesday. Janice Crouch, 78, a Founder of a Religious TV Network, Dies 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

I connect her to two figures -- George Whitefield, a prominent 18th century minister, and Charles Finney, a 19th century minister -- who weren't merely interested in spreading the gospel but also eliciting conversion. "Oprah: Gospel of an Icon": Worshipping at the church of Oprah Winfrey 2011-03-13T18:01:00Z

Young Jim grew up playing gospel music at home on the fiddle with his father, uncle and two sisters. Jim Stewart, Unlikely Entrepreneur of Soul Music, Dies at 92 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

"I can see them going more towards a gospel sound but not overly religious," suggested another. U2 reworking hits with Blackstreet member 2010-07-23T10:10:00Z

His cavorting and richly subversive "fifth gospel," "Thus Spoke Zarathustra," is reproduced in full, as is "Twilight of the Idols," one of his last works and a fine condensation of his mature project. Freud, Nietzsche, Paglia, Fanon: our expert guide to the books of "The White Lotus" 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

Celebrated for its authenticity and focus on Mississippi’s musical heritage, the event features entertainment by local and nationally known blues and gospel artists. It’s festival, fair season in Mississippi 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

"Hip-hop is clearly something new and different for us," Kaiser said, noting the center had also created festivals around country music and gospel, which are also less familiar in its concert halls. Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014 2013-03-05T16:55:17Z

Though chamber-size, the work blazed with dramatic daring, with a score that boldly drew from gospel, funk, jazz and contemporary modern styles. For the Met Opera, the Pandemic Could Be a Necessary Reset 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

These are America's Musical Cities--the best places to find live performances in genres ranging from rock to rap and gospel to jazz. America's Musical Cities 2010-07-07T21:20:00Z

Every other day of the year, Kelela’s music involves synthesizers and drum machines — and somehow, the Bandwagon managed to translate that sci-fi feeling to traditional instruments without turning everything into Sunday gospel brunch. Perspective | Jason Moran is making jazz history. Don’t miss it. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

In one gospel he hangs himself out of guilt for betraying Jesus. ‘Judas’ Is the Latest Political Movie to Punt on Politics 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

Ruby Wilson, the blues, soul and gospel singer known as the Queen of Beale Street, died on Friday in Memphis. Ruby Wilson, Singer Known as Queen of Beale Street, Dies at 68 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

The band’s fourth album, “Listen,” puttered along on fetching singalongs and wove in touches of gospel and jazz, but didn’t pack the punch of another sonic invasion. Pop & Rock Listings for June 19-25 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

This is the music that, essentially, became Americana, that rich, mercurial gathering of folk, country, gospel, bluegrass and r'n'b. The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z

He was imbued with the holy spirit of gospel music and landed instead on something faddishly called rock-and-roll. Review | ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’ is a beautiful way to rediscover the man who became King 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

She began singing gospel with the Holloway Community Singers and later with The Caravans. Disco singer Loleatta Holloway dead at 64 2011-03-23T11:10:12Z

I have spoken to the gospel of the smoothie before, and I will continue this crusade by sharing some great organic frozen fruit prices to encourage you to join this cult. "Whole paycheck" no more: Reddit users on the best budget buys at Whole Foods 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z

Its songs, like Mr. Womack’s gospel recordings from nearly six decades ago, reach for the moral high ground. Music Review: Bobby Womack Reviews His Career at City Winery 2013-12-22T22:04:40Z

It was sharply compelling, but when Mr. Moran shifted to a slow gospel prowl, he imparted the feeling of returning to home base. Review: Celebrating Cecil Taylor, a Pianist of Endless Influence 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

My parents had some of her records, back when it was 78s, and then in New Orleans we had radio stations that had gospel programming during the day. Irma Thomas, a Soul Queen Far Beyond New Orleans 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

The Blind Boys of Alabama brought hearty gospel harmonies. Music Review: Dr. John at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-04-06T22:31:59Z

A sense of abandonment overwhelms “Ghetto Gospel,” which turns the community celebration of gospel music into a lonely litany -- “O Lord … Jesus … glory” – that is delivered with increasing numbness and resignation. Album review: Killer Mike, 'R.A.P. Music' 2012-05-18T17:33:00Z

Franklin said she was thankful for her fellow gospel performers saying a little prayer for her. Aretha Franklin tells JET magazine: "I feel great" 2010-12-16T20:18:59Z

A quick study, Hickman was 13 when he began leading services at House of God with his steel/strings, the centerpiece of a century-old style of Black gospel called Sacred Steel. The Pedal Steel Gets Its Resurrection 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

After The Beverly Hillbillies she worked in real estate, recorded country and gospel music albums and wrote a book for children that drew on biblical themes. Beverly Hillbillies star Douglas dies 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

“Look at what’s in the vault. There’s gospel, there’s R&B, there’s all kinds of stuff.” ‘Christmas on Death Row’ and a Stormy Season for a Storied Rap Label 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

The album, released this month, marks Kelly’s return to the pop music world following her 2018 gospel album “Hiding Place,” which won two Grammys Awards. Q&A: On ‘Inspired by True Events,’ Tori Kelly gets personal 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

He’s not just channeling gospel music for the uplifting sounds. 7 reasons why Chance the Rapper is a star 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

There’s no a trace of second-line parade rhythm on the album, which reaches instead for a raise-the-rafters mix of gospel, funk, rock and soul. New Music: New Albums by Iggy Azalea, Kelis and Glen David Andrews 2014-04-21T22:02:03Z

Smiley calls the movie Hollywood’s “I Won’t Complain” film, referring to the popular gospel song that celebrates God’s sustaining power through life’s hardships. ‘The Color Purple’ movie is turning 35. Its impact on audiences is ageless. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland, died Sunday. Award-winning gospel singer Walter Hawkins dies 2010-07-12T04:24:00Z

But unlike other gospel performers who “crossed over” into the “devil’s music,” such as Sam Cooke and Bobby Womack, Franklin got a pass. Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z

Do take a chapter from the snack plate gospel, however. 75 simple and cheap ways to improve your cooking this year 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

Ye, who changed his name from Kanye West, is a finalist for 13 awards and a strong favorite in the Christian/gospel categories. The Weeknd, Doja Cat lead artists at Billboard Music Awards 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

The AMAs added new categories this year, including favorite trending song, favorite gospel artist and favorite Latin duo or group. Teen pop star Olivia Rodrigo leads AMA nominees in her debut 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Ailey’s masterful 1960 ballet “Revelations,” which draws on the sorrows and jubilation of African American spirituals, gospel and blues from the “blood memories” of his Texas childhood, is considered a cultural treasure. What made Mr. Ailey Mr. Ailey? New documentary offers a fuller picture of the modern dance pioneer. 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

The gospel medley was the last song on the album, and Smallwood’s “Amen” chorus was the final part of the medley. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

I first wanted to become a writer to spread the gospel of “Lizard Music” as I understood it. Jordan Ellenberg Wouldn’t Have Given the Nobel Prize to Bob Dylan 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

But I think he was looked at as an outsider or an interloper in the gospel world. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

"Holiday Glee": This year's holiday show takes its inspiration from 1950s Las Vegas, Appalachian gospel, Broadway and the hit TV show, "Glee." Bigger venues for Seattle Women's Chorus and a varied lineup for Seattle Men's Chorus in 2010-2011 season 2010-06-16T00:25:00Z

Having already sung a sweet, sorrowful version of Thomas Dorsey’s gospel classic “Precious Lord,” Franklin begins to hoarsely moan. “Amazing Grace” Gives Us Aretha Franklin at the Spellbinding Height of Her Powers 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

“Renaissance” turns to gospel here and there — on “Church Girl,” most brazenly. America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

The gospel legend was the oldest of the three singing Barrett Sisters, who electrified audiences worldwide with their powerful harmonies. Gospel singer Delois Barrett Campbell dies at 85 2011-08-03T12:08:10Z

“Stay With Me” is far more indebted to traditional choir gospel than to Mr. Petty’s meditative country-rock. What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Caesar sat down with The Associated Press recently to talk about her resurgence in gospel, how she bounced back after a slumping economy and her thoughts on the direction of gospel music. Shirley Caesar recruits youngsters for new album 2013-04-02T14:45:09Z

The aesthetic gospel hasn't got through, however, to the England squad. The big picture: the England squad relax at their hotel in Leon, Mexico, on 14 June 1970 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z

At moments like those, the show reminded you how sanitized Disney songs like “Friend Like Me,” his signature number from “Aladdin,” are secular gospel songs. Review: You Ain’t Never Heard a Baritone Like His 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

In a recent interview, the singer spoke with The Associated Press about the meaning of his album’s title, how he’s handled the pandemic with his congregation and the role of gospel music in today’s society. Marvin Sapp on new album and dealing with pandemic at church 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

An early influence was the gospel singer and guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the first performers to combine a religious message with the urgency of R&B. Little Richard, Flamboyant Wild Man of Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 87 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

The film centers around two women who join forces to prevent a small-town gospel choir from shutting down. Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah team on film 2010-08-24T00:25:00Z

He also does this while featuring church communities that tend to LGBTQIA+ members and cites gospel's influence in the work of such gay music legends as Sylvester. PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

When Ms. Franklin hit an artistic impasse she would reinvigorate herself by returning to church and recording albums of gospel standards. In a Hometown Send-Off, Aretha Franklin Belongs to Everyone 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Despite the title of his latest Grammy-winning album, “Losing My Religion,” anywhere Franklin appears is assuredly a gospel event, and this was no exception. Kirk Franklin makes gospel music feel like a party 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

His father worked for a gas company and sang in a gospel group. William Demby, 90, Novelist and Reporter, Dies 2013-06-01T01:38:33Z

While Ms. Franklin’s gospel music played inside, a local radio station broadcast other Franklin songs from a tent in front of the museum. Aretha Franklin’s Fans Say Goodbye, With Tears and Dance Moves 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

Like Johnnie Taylor used to say, `I'm an old gospel singer.' Q&A: Aretha Franklin talks biopic, Gospelfest 2013-05-10T14:35:13Z

Was it country or folk or rock or gospel? New player The Lone Bellow storms folk-rock party 2013-04-19T16:31:05Z

The support from the tourism and public relations industries is such that those guests are treated splendidly, and often leave as true believers, ready to spread the gospel of Australia to the world. Looking Toward a New Era of Australian Cuisine 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

A Louie Vega remix of the track “Dance” featuring the Clark Sisters became a popular soulful gospel dance tune last year. BeBe and CeCe and the DNA of gospel 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Among the changes: elimination of some of the instrumental categories in pop, rock and country; traditional gospel; children's spoken-word album; Zydeco or Cajun music album; and best classical crossover album. AP Newsbreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts 2012-01-27T16:49:17Z

She resurfaced later with an album of patriotic material and then, after becoming a born-again Christian, sang gospel music. Jody Miller, Singer of ‘Queen of the House’ and More, Dies at 80 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

She grew up in Boston and started singing in a gospel choir and went on to become one of disco's biggest stars and won five Grammy Awards. A life in pictures: Donna Summer 2012-05-17T16:54:29Z

He'd like to make an album for kids, and one filled with Christmas or gospel music. Jason Mraz, a 31-date concert tour ahead, insists he's retiring type 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

His memories of the Depression included the sound of sanctified gospel music, the scratch of 78-r.p.m. blues records, the sweat of dawn-to-dusk work and the sight of a black man lynched by a white mob. B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The Gibson Brothers won two awards for "Ring The Bell" - song of the year and gospel recorded performance of the year. Dailey & Vincent win entertainer of the year 2010-10-01T03:44:00Z

The saving graces of “Joyful Noise,” a flimsy movie musical whose parts are pasted together with chewing gum and Scotch tape, are its ornate gospel renditions of familiar pop tunes. | 'Joyful Noise': ?Joyful Noise,? With Latifah and Parton - Review 2012-01-12T22:27:16Z

He reiterated his debt to Black musicians for rock ’n’ roll and gospel, saying: “Let’s face it, I can’t sing like Fats Domino can.” Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Olatuja, who grew up in both Lagos, Nigeria, and London, favors an amalgam of West African styles, often overlaid with soul and gospel harmony. Music Review: E. J. Strickland Project and Olatuja Project at 92Y Tribeca 2012-01-19T23:32:37Z

One thing we haven’t talked about yet is your relationship to gospel music. Irma Thomas, a Soul Queen Far Beyond New Orleans 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

And then the second one I got a bit more eclectic, but by the time I did this third gospel record, I didn't want to alienate anybody. Michelle Williams on her 'Journey to Freedom' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

I responded to physical threats by citing the gospel of nonviolence preached by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount. I love my Fox News enemies: What I learned from the most hateful emailers in the world 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

One of its stars, Darlene Love, accepted the award singing the gospel tune "His Eye Is on the Sparrow": "I sing because I'm happy/ I sing because I'm free." '12 Years a Slave' wins best picture at Oscars 2014-03-03T05:59:37Z

We were in the middle of Tulsa, Okla. My mom sang gospel, and we went on the road with her. Ester Dean: Songwriting Is ‘Kind of Like Having Sex’ 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

Jason Nelson, a pastor at Greater Bethlehem Temple in Baltimore, was recently signed by Verity Records, the country’s biggest gospel label, and his excellent first single, recorded live, is “Shifting the Atmosphere.” Playlist: New Music by Jason Nelson, Bob Brookmeyer and Wax Idols 2011-12-09T22:16:57Z

Mr. Williams, who grew up in Florida, has the voice for them: a church-rooted baritone that’s full of gospel grain and blues ache, and is miraculously free of current R&B’s nasal melismas. Music: Listening to Sia Tolno, Wye Oak, Etta James and Givers 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z

Be it country, R&B or gospel, Ray Charles knew how to put his own spin on well-worn classics, turning them into bluesy ballads with soulful piano at the center. 15 Fresh Takes on a Classic Tradition: The Holiday Album 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

With less marching-band thunder and more hip-hop swagger than, say, New Orleans’s Dirty Dozen Brass Band, this eight-piece ensemble mixes the influence of hip-hop, soul and gospel into a coolly grooving sound. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

In the mid-1950s, Cooke was anxious to expand his appeal beyond gospel and recorded some pop songs at Specialty, including a ballad that became a standard, “You Send Me.” Art Rupe, pioneering record executive, dead at 104 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z

She began singing as a child at New Hope Baptist Church, where her mother, Grammy-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston, led the music program for many years. For Houston mourners, a dearth of places to grieve 2012-02-15T11:47:19Z

Around the same time, Mr. Funchess’s friend Thomas Clay, a gospel musician, died suddenly. He Had a ‘Hunch’ They’d Get Hitched 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

It will explore the genesis of her deeply personal catalog, filled with a blend of rock, folk, country, blues and gospel stemming from her southern roots. Lucinda Williams, Singer and Prolific Songwriter, Is Writing a Memoir 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

Wray has even stronger ties to the gospel tradition growing up in the South. Lady and the road back for 2 soul singers 2013-03-22T16:13:00Z

Mr. Paxton became a public figure again in the late 1980s when The Washington Post reported that the gospel singer Tammy Faye Bakker was infatuated with Mr. Paxton. Gary S. Paxton, music maverick who produced ‘Monster Mash,’ dies at 77 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

Further down the gospel charts, a cut from soul singer Charlie Wilson’s “In It To Win It” album sits among tracks from gospel mainstays. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

No, just an old woman, gospel music, and a stack of pastries for the visitors. My return to the Creation Museum 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z

In Chicago, the earsplitting sensory punch of heavy metal mixes with the reverent vocals of gospel choirs. America's Musical Cities 2010-07-07T21:20:00Z

Picking up music from the radio and his church’s gospel hymns, he “got tired of looking a mule in the butt,” as he put it in an interview with The New York Times in 1968. Glen Campbell, Whose Hit Songs Bridged Country and Pop, Dies at 81 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

By nature a religious man, Moore's most recent work was made up of gospel songs, as well his own compositions inspired by such material. This week's new live music 2011-08-26T23:06:11Z

She began singing as a child at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church, where her mother, Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston, led the music program for many years. AP: Whitney Houston's body to be taken home to NJ 2012-02-13T19:57:30Z

Each of these performers would grow out of the gospel world and into soul, blues and pop music, a transition Pops Staples would long resist. Books of The Times: ‘I’ll Take You There,’ by Greg Kot 2014-02-20T13:00:01Z

Those suspicious of King's version of events took Swiatkowski's version as gospel. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

Though there were a number of gospel songs among the lyrics, only Mr. Haggard chose a religious theme, the album’s closer, “The Sermon on the Mount.” Music: Bob Dylan Assembles ?The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams? 2011-09-23T19:16:45Z

Walker formed her own gospel group, the Caravans, as a young woman and was a protege of gospel star Mahalia Jackson. 'Queen of Gospel' Albertina Walker dies at age 81 2010-10-08T18:52:00Z

His songs were rooted in country, soul and gospel, and they strove to stay plain-spoken and succinct, whether he was singing wryly about everyday life or musing on philosophy and faith. Jesse Winchester, Writer and Singer of Thoughtful Songs, Dies at 69 2014-04-11T23:53:26Z

The men are men of MoMA — the first museum with a curatorial department dedicated to architecture and design, which preached the gospel of the International Style both in New York and via touring exhibitions. These Obsessive Men of MoMA Furnished Your Modernist Home 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

Staggering out of the theater at 1:30 in the morning, I knew I needed to spread the gospel. "Stop Making Sense" converted me into a Talking Heads fan 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z

At one point, Tines had planned to sing a gospel hymn, “The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow,” and segue into the beginning of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Two Musicians of Color Are Creating Their Own Space 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Chenoweth, whose freakishly wide-ranging voice can accommodate a multitude of styles, sang Judy Garland favorites, country and western numbers, a Carpenters hit and a gospel crowd rouser. When Home Is a Big Broadway Stage 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z

At home, they listened to gospel, classical, and jazz, and they wrote countless commercial jingles, for companies like Pet Milk and McDonald’s. Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

According to the gospel of some app that my wife downloaded once, this behaviour is quite common for babies of his age. My son’s new fake laugh is terrible – a sea lion choking on a fishbone 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

I used to get criticised for doing a bump and grind then turning around and doing a gospel song. R Kelly reveals his latest musical direction – country 2013-05-14T15:40:39Z

Enter Ms. Vice, whose version of gospel is more rootsy than radio. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

We see megachurches with immense congregations and charismatic preachers and singers for whom singing and speaking often merge, while music slides from gospel to blues to jazz to rock. Arthur Jafa’s Profound Meditations on Black America 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

A news release included in the archive described it as “a collaborative effort combining Ruedrich’s skill as an equestrian and Sedaris’s ability as a gospel singer.” David Sedaris’s Back Pages, Before ‘SantaLand’ Made Him a Star 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

My parents listened to a lot of gospel and soul music. Bob Dylan Found Them, Whether They Knew It or Not 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Though many rappers before him have invited gospel musicians to perform on their records, “Coloring Book,” which won Best Rap Album, is wholly contingent upon the choir, both musically and spiritually. The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

The venue, which opened in 1994 and is operated by Live Nation, became known for hosting hip-hop and R&B shows alongside a mixed slate of rock and gospel acts. Sunset Strip's House of Blues reportedly slated for demolition 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

One day while I was watching TV in my cell, I flipped past a show on BET that highlighted famous musicians, including the gospel singer Andrae Crouch, who described his first piano. My Prison Cell: Learning to Hear on a Cardboard Piano 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

After beginning her visit by performing gospel for free in Manchester churches, here the veteran singer invests a secular set with such booty-shaking abandon it's hard to believe she is 71 years old. Candi Staton ? review 2011-07-11T15:37:17Z

He chose James Baldwin’s “Amen Corner,” and added gospel songs to the church scenes. For This Theater Leader, a Mission That Goes Beyond the Stage 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

But there are also a few new-to-Seattle, Christmas-themed shows up for grabs, and others with a gospel, burlesque or satirical twist. A sleigh full of holiday shows 2011-11-24T23:56:38Z

Smith is the movie’s ostensible subject, along with Thomas A. Dorsey, a gospel founding father and composer of a major portion of its songbook. ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ Will Make You Want to Sing Out 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

The show also spotlighted artists in more specialized categories like gospel and bluegrass by having them perform before commercial breaks from the roof of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Batiste, joyful performances highlight Grammy Awards 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

Why didn’t more people pay attention to Little Richard’s gospel music? Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

The title of “Lift Me Up” has a gospel resonance, and the song is a hymnlike call for intimacy and security: “Keep me close, safe and sound.” Rihanna Inches Back to Music, and 8 More New Songs 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

After 40 years in the industry, Smallwood has done what no other gospel artist arguably has done as successfully: blend gospel with classical music. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

This helped create a middle class, but a reliance on growing things was replaced by the canned-and-shrink-wrapped gospel of postwar America. Reclaiming Puerto Rico’s Food Paradise 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

And her son argues that without these other layers, one can more clearly divine the gospel and blues of her music. Perspective | Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A new reissue doesn’t do her justice. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

She told some jokes, then turned things over to a gospel choir, which sang a very nontraditional hymn — about what prayer alone can’t achieve. Trevor Noah Is Amazed at How Fast Trump Cut Ed Gillespie Loose 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

Redolent of Southern gospel and feather-light country-rock, it’s a comfort zone for this group, employed consistently in the choruses, which can be arrestingly sharp, and often elsewhere. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z

Smith and Dorsey reminisce about their life stories and tell a history of gospel music. ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ Will Make You Want to Sing Out 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

The band also played backup for many prominent gospel artists when they performed concerts in the area, but Shider's musical taste soon grew more diverse. Legendary P-Funk guitarist Garry Shider dies at 56 2010-06-17T21:25:00Z

In 1990, Hawkins released "Love Alive III" which spent 34 weeks at the top on the Billboard gospel album sales chart, while going on to sell more than a million copies, according to Carpenter. Award-winning gospel singer Walter Hawkins dies 2010-07-12T04:24:00Z

Harlem Heritage Tours is also hosting a multimedia tour on Friday at 1 p.m., a gospel tour on Sunday at 9:20 a.m. and a walking tour on Monday at 1 p.m. Spare Times for Jan. 17-23 2014-01-17T00:04:32Z

The score takes listeners on a journey through Black musical styles, including spirituals, jazz, blues and gospel. Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

With the Funk Apostles, he plays a nostalgic brew of ironed-out R&B, tinged with gospel flair. New Year’s Eve 2017: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

After an eventful three minutes, the songs finds a surprise resolution in something like gospel. The Playlist: Lost (and Found) John Coltrane, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

The series opens with him singing “I Believe I’ll Go Back Home,” a gospel song he grew up with. Black History Month Is a Good Excuse for Delving Into Our Art 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

But when people started singing the gospel hymn “Amen,” she was put at ease, and went splashing down the length of the shallow pool. How a 50-year-old photo mystery was solved. Well, at least half of it. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Born March 12, 1938, in San Antonio, Dixon's professional compass was set by gospel music legend James Cleveland, who heard Dixon's teen group perform at a theatre in the south Texas city. Songwriter, gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at 73 2011-09-26T20:28:08Z

More important, Rosetta subtly instructs her in the dynamics of her particular kind of musicianship: gospel singing infused with the soulful power of rhythm and blues. Review: ‘Marie and Rosetta’ Ruminates on Gospel, R&B and Life 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

It’s “Call on God,” a gospel song she wrote in the 1970s for E.L. Sharon Jones Says Farewell With ‘Soul of a Woman’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Recorded, mixed and mastered on analogue tape, the as-yet untitled work will be released by Portland's beloved Mississippi Records, which specialises in obscure blues, gospel and folk music. REM's Peter Buck to release first solo album 2012-10-02T11:58:23Z

Taking its title from a saying attributed to Martin Luther, the concerto deconstructs and reassembles impulses from funk, gospel and barrelhouse. Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

Karen Gibson and The Kingdom Choir, a gospel group based in southeast England, will be among those performing at the ceremony. Gospel choir to sing at wedding of UK Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

He walks down the aisle towards a black gospel choir onstage, robed in red and black, their voices rising. Before the clouds came in 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

At the end of the Gospel of Mark, Jesus tells his disciples, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Book review: ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber

We’re not speaking a different language just ’cause I do gospel music. In Hip-Hop, Inspiration Arrived by Way of Kirk Franklin 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Marian Anderson performed the spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and Mahalia Jackson delivered the gospel anthems "I've Been 'Buked and I've Been Scorned" and "How I Got Over." Music that declared an era 2013-08-23T16:38:51Z

Among those who championed the quartets, Tharpe, the first gospel artist to sign with a major label, was instrumental in introducing her audience to groups like the Dixie Hummingbirds. ‘How They Got Over’ Review: How Gospel Begat Rock 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Here, enthusiastic servers sing the natural wine gospel, pouring tastes from a magnum of Bodega Cueva’s Tardana Orange and urging you to poke around the wine cellar. 36 Hours in Copenhagen 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Lena Dunham says the negative comments written about her on “sites that used to be considered feminist gospel” left her in a state of unrest. Lena Dunham Explains Why She No Longer Reads Twitter 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Instead, Threadgill is planning what he called a “corrupted oratorio,” featuring two choirs: “a traditional choir and a gospel choir,” plus piano and organ, and other instruments as it develops. Henry Threadgill’s Musical Spring Is Varied and Extreme. Like He Is. 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z

The reigning prince and princess of contemporary blues, this married couple belts out blues that are sometimes tinted with gospel, sometimes with world music. 15 top entertainment picks for June 10-16, 2012 2012-06-06T21:30:08Z

In his last years he turned to gospel music. Remmy Ongala, Tanzanian Musical Star, Dies at 63 2011-01-17T04:17:29Z

“Only a rose for my darling,” the two sang together in gospel harmony, but the next lines — “she was my pride and joy/she was my everything” — implied that she’d never be receiving it. Music Review: Once Cruel to Be Kind, Now Soft to Be True 2010-10-22T23:39:00Z

Ms. Sunshine put them right to work, assigning vocal lines and harmonies to create a wall of sound behind her solos on an extended gospel song. Get. Arts. Fast. 2014-03-20T21:33:30Z

Cheaters is like trying to get to sleep and hearing stereos from houses on either side of your bedroom, one playing gospel, the other playing trance. New band of the day ? No 838: Teengirl Fantasy 2010-08-02T16:41:00Z

Some gospel artists, such as multiplatinum Kirk Franklin, have achieved wider commercial success by mixing in hip-hop. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

But even that was a “casual observation,” not gospel, she said. Front Row: I.B.M. Predicts Heel Heights - Runway 2011-11-23T18:51:41Z

“I’m Going Back Home,” typically performed as an upbeat gospel tune, gets transformed on “Ledisi Sings Nina” into a rollicking celebration. Nina Simone Saved Ledisi’s Life. Now She’s Paying Tribute on an Album. 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

“We go to Catholic church, or sometimes we will go to a gospel church for the music,” she says. Nicole Kidman: ‘To hear women being believed makes me cry’ 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

The outdoor spring music festival spans seven days over two weekends in such genres like jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, Cajun and zydeco. Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac to headline Jazz Fest 2013-01-17T16:45:17Z

However, the gospel singer wasn't able to win over enough voters. 'American Idol' down to final 2 singers 2012-05-18T02:26:08Z

He spends as much time worrying about the mortgage as he does preaching the gospel. ‘Heaven is for Real’: a family tale of a near-death experience 2014-04-15T21:22:32Z

Mr. Schatz beckoned the audience to get close to the stage, and midway through the song started to preach, almost gospel style, about how all people are connected, because they’ve shared a sense of loss. Landlady Previews Its First Album at Rough Trade NYC 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

That is where Roebuck Staples, started teaching his children gospel songs to entertain them and occupy their time. Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

The record is filled with booming electronic drums, bittersweet Carnatic violin melodies, hushed gospel choirs and swarms of feedback. Rafiq Bhatia Is Writing His Own Musical Language 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

The last two were both operated by the amazing Frank Maidment, the "Bishop of Salisbury Plain", who preached the gospel and delivered the bread to even remoter villages for 75 years. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

He wasn’t allowed to listen to hip-hop in his house growing up, but the exposure to gospel music helped shape his musical vision. D.C. rapper Chaz French takes a step forward in maturity on ‘True Colors’ 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

But her tiny company’s gospel of what might be called radical accessibility is taking root at regional theaters across the country. Theater Troupe Gives Those on the Margins a Front-Row Seat 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

They were two fatherless boys from Florida, and they were being exposed to a pioneer of soul music, a genre incorporating gospel and rhythm and blues. The town that produced musical legends keeps staying in the groove 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Dressed more or less as an angel, Beyoncé sang the gospel standard "Take My Hand, Precious Lord," surrounded by men in white suits holding their hands up. Grammys 2015 was a low-wattage affair 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

She was a talented vocalist trained in the gospel tradition whose consistent success on the pop charts was rivaled at the time only by the Bee Gees. Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63 2012-05-17T23:47:03Z

His introduction to gospel music in a black church, he recalled, was the musical epiphany that changed his life. Music Review: Sam Harris Presents a Cabaret Act Based on His Book 2014-01-16T23:02:00Z

An eminent, plush-toned vocalist and pianist, Mr. Sneed has a broad repertoire, encompassing Christian hymns and modern gospel, jazz standards and Western classical. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

But as far as whether to use hip-hop or gospel or whatever — I think it’s more so the emotion that we want the audience to feel and what supports that. In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’ 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

Subtlety may be in short supply — Doris’s preacher father hands her his Bible with his dying breath — but the blend of gospel standards, spiritual uplift and broad family melodrama proves hard to resist. | 'Mama, I Want to Sing: The Next Generation': Revisiting the Story of a Dutiful Daughter With a Hit Song 2011-07-03T21:11:35Z

He released a gospel album, “Love Is All Around You Now,” in 2012. Jack Ely, whose garbled version of ‘Louie Louie’ became a sensation, dies 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

The gospel musical event, includes a community choir and band, is part of The Shed’s “Open Call” series, “The Revival” starts on Saturday at 8 p.m. Juneteenth: 7 Events for Celebrating the Holiday in New York 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

Over decades, with that false promise accepted as gospel by millions of devotees, Fox News radicalized a nation and spawned more extreme successors such as Newsmax and One America News. Perspective | The pro-Trump media world peddled the lies that fueled the Capitol mob. Fox News led the way. 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

There’s something about gospel music and country music that kind of goes hand in hand. The Oak Ridge Boys and their famous baritone are still going strong 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

In their down time they have continued to spread the Afrobeat gospel in performances at festivals and in clubs around the world. Antibalas, Afrobeat Band, Hopes for Post-‘Fela!’ Audience 2012-08-06T22:32:17Z

It was in the black churches of the USA, where Jesus was recognised as the champion of the poor and downtrodden, that gospel singing developed into a very high art indeed. Readers recommend: songs about Jesus – results 2013-06-13T15:01:36Z

One of her first tastes of the solo spotlight came when Byers, a local gospel/R&B vet, brought her to her first karaoke night at a Chinatown International District joint in the ’80s. Seattle’s Lady A confronts white privilege in battle with country stars and beyond 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

Usher can’t write his mother’s gospel play because it contradicts his identity; he’s unwilling to be dishonest, even within a fake play within a musical about a writer writing a musical. God Loves a Show: Religious Satires Reveal the Art of Acting Faithful 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

He titled the show “Amen Break” and went on to preach from the gospel of appropriation. Post-Lockdown Paris? Think Youth and Sex. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

“Maybe we’re just not very bright,” Mr. Auerbach said with a grin, sipping tea in the back room of his cluttered Easy Eye Sound studio, as vintage gospel music played softly on a high-tech turntable. Music: The Black Keys Change Gears With ?El Camino? 2011-12-01T18:34:37Z

He debuted on Billboard’s gospel charts in the top spot and remained there for seven weeks. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Instead of asking Ms. Staples to move in his direction, Mr. Tweedy headed her way, asking her to listen to his iPod loaded with classic gospel compositions that he thought might suit her. Music: A Little Nudge, and a Soul Singer Is Back to Her Roots 2010-09-19T04:35:00Z

In his 2012 book, “The Fan Who Knew Too Much,” Mr. Heilbut wrote that “Aretha Franklin’s style is steeped in the Ward Singers’ hard gospel, from its shouting tempo to its lilting hoop notes.” Willa Ward, Gospel Singer, Dies at 91 2012-08-23T02:11:34Z

The music is glorious: a live gospel choir, the spiritually goading beat of gospel house tracks. What to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rennie Harris, and Rhode Island-Style Pizza 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

The gospel brunch — an urban rendering of the after-church Sunday supper — is no less essential. Have Your Brunch and Listen to It, Too 2010-08-26T22:44:00Z

His Scruggs-inspired “mandolin roll,” though, could already be heard a decade earlier on gospel recordings like “I’ll Fly Away” and “On the Jericho Road.” Jesse McReynolds, Lead Singer in Long-Running Bluegrass Duo, Dies at 93 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z

People with too much faith in a specific program, who prescribe too eagerly to an all-encompassing gospel of change, can inevitably become fanatics when the world does not fit neatly into their formulas, he argued. Amos Oz and the Politics of the Hebrew Language 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

A weekend series continues with a blend of Americana, gospel and bluegrass by the band Spirit Family Reunion on Saturday and bluegrass by the group Astrograss, with spectators invited to sing and dance along. Spare Times for July 13-19 2012-07-12T21:16:13Z

Before “The Writing’s on the Wall,” released in 1999, Destiny’s Child was a promising R&B girl group with strong gospel roots. What’s Beyoncé’s Definitive Album? 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

Around 500 people gathered for the vigil on Monday evening, singing gospel songs and praying for Brown's recovery. Vigil held for Whitney daughter 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

“Dearest Alfred” lionizes the letters that Lee’s grandfather would write to his twin brother, and “If There Is No Question” recalls the gospel songs Speer and Johnson would perform in church. ‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

A version of "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" turned the political anthem into a rollicking, gospel song. Bob Dylan Is Animated At KeyArena Concert 2012-10-14T17:56:02Z

David: We went with her aunt to Richmond, Virginia, to a gospel concert. Love and happiness: How this 64-year marriage is still going strong 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Reaching him on his family’s Alabama farm in the nineteen-fifties, it introduced him to the social gospel. Kinds of Silence 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

His tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Colton becomes a living reminder of the Pfeffermans pain, and he must be born away with a gospel song and a harrowing last glance. ‘Transparent’ Season 2, Episodes 4 and 5: Raffles and Mee-Maw 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

A versatile soprano who excels in both standard classical repertory and modern works, Ms. Hughes sounded idiomatic and perky in indie-pop songs, and brought convincingly soulful grit to gospel numbers. Music Review: Boy Meets Girl in Matt Marks?s ?Little Death, Vol. 1? 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z

But there were impressive new songs here, ranging from the sturdy gospel of Do Unto Others which could easily become a standard, to the country weepie Swallow My Pride. Billy Bragg – review 2013-02-28T17:22:12Z

Edward Franklin tried to establish himself as a gospel singer. A Year Later, the Fight Over Aretha Franklin’s Estate Deepens 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

On Friday, Smith will release album 54, “The Cry of the Heart,” her debut for the independent label Fat Possum and first secular recording in about a decade, after intermittent forays into gospel. 54 Albums Later, Connie Smith’s Defiant Heart Has Plenty to Say 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

The album’s core style is secular gospel, with Adele’s voice gathering itself over hymnlike piano chords, seeking faith not in a higher power but in herself. Adele Has a Lot of Big Feelings on ‘30’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

And “Kingdom” is a ruthless aria of cyclical violence, with gospel underpinnings that can’t help but call Mr. West’s “Jesus Walks” to mind. New Music: Common Has a New Album and Audra MacDonald as ‘Lady Day’ 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

With a gospel choir followed by, I kid you not, a key change, it's totally egregious in sentiment as well as sound. Justin Bieber: Believe – review 2012-06-16T23:05:30Z

After graduation, he headed east to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied engineering and directed the school’s gospel choir. Meet the management guru who is trying to fix the D.C. arts commission 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

A gospel and soul singer, a songwriter and a guitar player with few peers, Womack is largely a forgotten figure today - but one who is getting a close re-examination. Bobby Womack makes his return with 'Bravest Man' 2012-07-02T10:16:04Z

Stylistically his music might be described as sub-Frank Wildhorn, meaning gobs of generic melody and lyrics stuffed with romantic and inspirational clichés, with dollops of ersatz gospel, all ready made for belting by large voices. Music Review: Playing a Jukebox Full of Show Tunes 2011-07-08T21:06:41Z

After “The Beverly Hillbillies,” Ms. Douglas worked in real estate, recorded country and gospel music albums, and wrote a book for children that drew on biblical themes. Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett on ‘The Beverly Hillbillies,’ dies 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

In 1972, she released a live album of the gospel standards that shaped her youth, “Amazing Grace.” Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z

But because of us talking to him all the time, and talking to him about gospel and everything, he told the producers, “No, I want the girls in this. I want them to be singing.” She’s a rebel: Darlene Love returns to D.C. for the holidays — for her Howard Theatre show 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

Satorii said the “This Land” melody was “substantially identical” to a Baptist gospel hymn from around the start of the 20th century, known by such titles as “Fire Song.” U.S. judge refuses to dismiss 'This Land is Your Land' lawsuit 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

After graduating from high school, she worked at various jobs, including bookbinding, while continuing singing gospel. Loleatta Holloway obituary 2011-03-24T18:17:38Z

He noted that her voice on the recording is lower and huskier than when she last cut an album, a gospel work reflecting her faith that was released 10 years ago. At 81, Ann-Margret Is Finally Living Her Rock ’n’ Roll Dream 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

With three decades of hits among them, the rock gospel messiahs ought to have the sonic power to pull it off. Seattle’s biggest concert weekend in 2 years is here. And it feels kinda weird 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

And the singing of the people older than Lauren would also be gospel music. Apocalypse Nowish: Singing the Prophetic Warnings of Octavia Butler 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

In the fangs of such a dark and cruel campaign of repression, Osborne sings and dances with gospel jubilation. In Joan Osborne's revolution, you can dance 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

It is possible to extrapolate that a good part of El Sistema’s success is due to these trappings, or at least to the single-minded focus on spreading the gospel of social action through music. Jos? Antonio Abreu Leads El Sistema in Venezuela 2012-03-01T13:00:00Z

He quickly became the group’s most effective and recognizable spokesman, with fierce criticism of white America and a gospel of Black self-respect. A New Life of Malcolm X Brimming With Detail, Insight and Feeling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

And yet: “For all its fervid drama, a strapping score that artfully blends country-western and gospel, and two star-making lead roles, the show’s promise still hadn’t been tapped,” Post critic David Richards wrote in 1995. Sing out, sinners! ‘Elmer Gantry’ musical revived at Signature Theatre

The first spirituals are “the story of African Americans before they started going to church,” says Stanley Thurston, artistic director of Washington Performing Arts’ gospel choirs. Lonnae O’Neal: ‘Deep River’ for these deeply troubled times 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

Monday's opening night is a showcase for Cyrus Chestnut, a graceful postbop player with blues and gospel roots. This week's new live music 2011-02-05T00:05:34Z

Houston began singing as a child at New Hope Baptist Church, where her mother, Grammy-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston, led the music program for many years. Hearse arrives at NJ funeral home handling Houston 2012-02-14T13:17:19Z

‘EVERYDAY SUNSHINE’ “It goes into the gospel style thing at the end, which actually to me, is the roots of rock ’n’ roll and punk rock, rhythmically. The Magic Formulas Behind the Set Lists at Afropunk Fest 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Franklin’s father was a Baptist preacher in Detroit, and the gospel singing she heard in his church was her musical foundation. 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: AP 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

So amid all this upheaval comes a singer from Detroit who’d been around most of the decade doing solid gospel R&B work. Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

But I'm afraid he's also preaching an inescapable historical gospel on how the vanity and corruption of powerful empires lead them to learn the same painful lessons, over and over again. "Centurion": Trapped in the Roman Empire's Vietnam 2010-08-26T01:30:00Z

This gospel persistently uses the phrase “the Jews” to describe those who conspired to kill Jesus. Why Good Friday was dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that changed 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

Impressed, Ms. Jackson arranged for Helen to join the Southern Harps, an all-women gospel group in New Orleans. Linda Hopkins, a Tony-Winning Actress and Singer, Dies at 92 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

Everything is turned to 11 in 1985: the towering crest, the amped-up gospel choir, the electric delivery, the fake ending two-thirds of the way through followed by LaBelle taking everybody back to church. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: From Broadway Tear-Jerker to Covid-Era Anthem 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Maeve, on her own journey, exercises a power she realizes is her birthright, and control on a massive scale, spreading the gospel of choice to those chosen to accept such a concept. The American experience, as "Westworld" 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

But she wouldn't stay a gospel singer for long. Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. 2012-01-20T16:40:14Z

It's the original "gospel song play," written by Langston Hughes, with rousing music and a spiritual message. Weekend preview: Elves, nutcrackers, figgy pudding, more 2012-12-06T20:50:09Z

In Performance at the White House This new special highlights the role gospel music has played in the American musical tradition. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Teen Beach 2' on the Disney Channel 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Coots said last year that he needed the snakes for religious reasons, citing a Bible passage in Mark's gospel. Snake Salvation pastor dies of bite 2014-02-17T12:51:22Z

Not to mention gospel, which came to the forefront in “Your Arms Too Short to Box With God,” and other subsequent shows that Grant wrote or co-wrote. Micki Grant: ‘I Wanted to Open Eyes’ 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Phelps was born in Shreveport, La. In his late teens he moved to Chicago, where he performed with several gospel groups including the Gospel Songbirds, the Holy Wonders and the Soul Stirrers. Gospel and R&B singer Phelps dies at 78 2010-10-27T03:57:00Z

“He loves everything from the deepest, most obscure Appalachian songs through George Jones through deep folk music, gospel, early blues.” Pop, country singers reimagine Elton John hits on two new albums 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

The ascendant producer and alto saxophone player Terrace Martin arrived for "Seven Prayers," where he maneuvered through a solo that expanded on the melody of the gospel standard "Wade in the Water." Kamasi Washington and band prove 'The Epic' hype, thrill a sold-out Regent 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

He was there to sing with a small gospel choir about how God’s breath is in our lungs. Perspective | ‘How do you get through that whole stuff?’: Donald Trump leads a nation in prayer 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

She joined him on tour and she released a gospel album in 1956. Aretha Franklin makes history with posthumous Pulitzer win 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

So she takes up the gospel of the go-getter and sets off on that path to open-hearted American freedom. "On Becoming a God in Central Florida" exposes unfettered capitalism as a rigged and failing game 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z

It was the dulcet, soothing strains of Sam Cooke singing "Touch the Hem of His Garment," a 1956 gospel hit about the healing powers of Jesus. The Museum of the Bible: The last place in D.C. you might expect to hear Queen, Kanye and the Clash 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Then it was the inimitable Mavis Staples’ turn to bring her signature gospel and folk-blues sound to the mix. Soaking up sun & soul at Chateau Ste. Michelle bluesfest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

The city's spring music festival has become a potpourri of American genres, including pop, blues, jazz, funk, country, rock, gospel, zydeco and salsa. ArtsBeat: This Year's Jazz and Heritage Festival Leans Heavily on Pop 2013-01-17T22:00:42Z

OK, rapid fire: Musical influences outside of gospel? BeBe Winans on God's favorite song — and his musical, 'Born for This' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

"I never dreamed I would be honored. I'm just an unknown gospel singer. And they're honoring me at the Kennedy Center? Lord have mercy," Staples told AP. Kennedy Center Honorees Announced 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

There was the gospel hall where he and his friends sang hymns when they weren’t “getting kicked out for fighting about.” In ‘House of the Dragon,’ Paddy Considine Claims the Crown 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

The book’s “new gospel of wealth” challenges contemporary philanthropists to move past ideas about charity and top-down noblesse oblige benevolence to address root causes of our social ills, especially injustice and economic inequity. Perspective | A voice for the arts, and social justice, joins the National Gallery of Art board 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

In 1921, The San Francisco Chronicle marveled that Carhartt workers earned “twice as much as the average paid college professor and nearly three times as much as many of our ministers of the gospel.” When the Heart Belongs to Carhartt 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

Seeger, along with Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan and Zilphia Horton, adapted an old gospel song by adding lines and tweaking lyrics to produce the folk composition “We Shall Overcome” in the 1950s. Songs of Peace and Protest: 6 Essential Cuts From Pete Seeger 2014-01-28T15:01:48Z

In this concert at City Winery, he and the band will play tunes from their new album, “Press Play,” whose influences include rhythm and blues, gospel and the Everly Brothers. Spare Times for Children Listings for June 10-16 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

This was Harlem’s sonic playground, and it featured the likes of the gospel crossover sensation Edwin Hawkins, the blues icon B.B. At ‘Black Woodstock,’ an All-Star Lineup Delivered Joy and Renewal to 300,000 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

"In the beginning there was no sin/We in the ninth inning, and I'm God body trying to win" Vast spits through mechanised gospel wails – this is the true soundtrack for the end times. My favourite album: Cannibal Ox ? The Cold Vein 2011-08-09T16:22:36Z

Ms. Houston’s mother, the gospel singer Cissy Houston, and her cousin, the singer Dionne Warwick, also sang in the church. ArtsBeat: Praise and Grief at Whitney Houston's Childhood Church 2012-02-12T22:29:26Z

It’s all inverse gospel, and the code for listening to it is as complex as gospel’s. In Praise of Blue Notes: What Makes Music Sad? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

Various Southern gospel and bluegrass artists will perform on eight stages as well as while roaming the park during the event. Dollywood adds 1,000-pound pumpkins for harvest celebration 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

This year’s ceremony, hosted by Stephen Colbert, celebrates Al Pacino, James Taylor, members of the Eagles, the gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples and Martha Argerich, one of the greatest living concert pianists. What’s on TV Tuesday: Eero Saarinen and the Kennedy Center Honors 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

Over the weekend, Kelly Clarkson gave Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” a howling gospel treatment at a show in Buffalo, and the crowd lost its mind. The Flaming Lips take a blow torch to “Sgt. Pepper” 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

There are composting collectives that spread the gospel of turning kitchen scraps into soil. Brooklyn Brainery Offers Popular Courses 2012-04-04T21:47:16Z

“Don’t Knock” and “Downward Road,” for example, were written by Pops Staples, while “Creep Along Moses” and “Wonderful Savior” are gospel standards. Music: A Little Nudge, and a Soul Singer Is Back to Her Roots 2010-09-19T04:35:00Z

Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir’s version of the gospel song. Lil Buck Feels the Dancing Spirit All Over Again 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

The music often suggests old-time gospel or sanctified country music, faltering mainly when Mr. Lee too clearly evokes his heroes: Bill Withers or Bob Dylan or, on the otherwise intriguing “Hello Again,” Stevie Wonder. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-24T23:19:27Z

But hard bop was simpler and more rhythmically driven, with more emphasis on jazz’s blues and gospel roots. Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Q: Is it difficult to balance the gospel and country in the Oak Ridge Boys repertoire? The Oak Ridge Boys and their famous baritone are still going strong 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

A gospel crooner with a keen sense of melody and a voice both velvety and powerful, Mr. Crouch won seven Grammy Awards for his performances of songs professing his ardent Christian faith. Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Families abound in gospel music, from the Staple Singers to the O’Neal Twins. BeBe and CeCe and the DNA of gospel 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

That Dr. Scoville was such an evangelical preacher for the wrong kind of gospel occasions a moral reckoning in Mr. Dittrich. ‘Patient H.M.’ Recalls the Story of a Surgery That Took a Man’s Memories 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

The local blues, funk and gospel vet began using the name while singing karaoke in the 1980s. Seattle’s Anita ‘Lady A’ White files lawsuit to block country stars’ use of name 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

The singer and pianist Liz McComb, originally from Cleveland, has been an emissary of American gospel, living in Paris for the last three decades. Holiday Hits, Christmas Comebacks and Some Jingle Bell Schlock 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Reared on country and soul/R&B, the 27-year-old underpins her tender roots songs with flecks of soul and gospel, aided by organs and C.C. A Fall City dive bar helped Courtney Marie Andrews make one of the year’s best roots albums 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

In this case, that’s the gospel music in which the school choir specializes. Theater: Something Off Key at a Gospel Choir 2013-06-28T19:43:02Z

It was a concert full of bits of American roots — gospel and country and blues — but aside from Mr. Taylor’s Chicago-blues exaggerations in “Steamroller,” each singer’s individual style heavily overrode the background influences. Music Review: Carole King and James Taylor at the Garden 2010-06-16T22:06:00Z

They started with two songs, Did Trouble Me and the gospel number Run On. Tom Jones: 'Spiritual songs are natural to me' 2010-07-01T20:30:00Z

They also incorporate R&B and gospel melodies into their sound. New player The Lone Bellow storms folk-rock party 2013-04-19T16:31:05Z

But where so much of modern gospel declares its faithfulness through volume and density, this mature and thoughtful album doesn’t call attention to its deep feeling. Playlist: Jessica Reedy?s Album, ?From the Heart? 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z

She said her cousin kept performing until a few years ago and hoped to return and sing gospel music. Baritone from Harold Melvin & Blue Notes dies 2010-12-28T14:01:04Z

A teen prodigy in gospel music, he became one of the most celebrated soul singers of his generation. Bobby Womack, charismatic soul singer, dies at 70

Visiting a Baptist service, with ministers preaching, gospel choirs grooving and animated congregations matching them step for step has become a staple of Harlem tourism. 36 Hours in Upper Manhattan 2014-02-20T19:20:26Z

He said executives pressured some of gospel music's biggest stars, including Grammy winners Hezekiah Walker, Donald Lawrence and Twinkie Clark, into firing Walker in an effort to reduce costs and retain control over the industry. Sony settles lawsuit by lawyer for gospel artists 2013-05-01T14:47:09Z

Craig Werner, author of “A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race, and the Soul of America,” writes that the “gospel impulse” is the “belief that life’s burdens can be transformed into hope.” The inspiring poetics of Tedeschi Trucks Band 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cash said Ms. Lynn has finished full albums’ worth of gospel, Appalachian and Christmas songs, along with favorites from her own repertoire and cover songs. Loretta Lynn Mines a Legacy of Heartaches and High Notes 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

She played Amazing Grace, the legend’s landmark 1972 gospel double LP, seemingly every waking hour during the turbulent years of the marriage, the only years I remember. The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

I do a gospel set, then I do an R&B set. Irma Thomas, a Soul Queen Far Beyond New Orleans 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Moby’s thinking here aligns with his musical approach on “Play,” which attracted non-techno fans with clever arrangements that combined programmed beats with field recordings of old blues and gospel singers. Moby goes where Brian Eno, and his ancestor Herman Melville, went before 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

As his sales and profile rise, he's traded up his original vocal collaborators – such as gospel singer Chris Willis, still the touring voice of the Guetta sound – for an altogether glitzier lineup. David Guetta: Nothing But the Beat ? review 2011-08-25T14:30:01Z

While Trigaux also recognizes those benefits, he likes to focus on the concrete, data-based effects of debating in his efforts to spread the gospel at urban, underprivileged schools. Cross-examination and a game of catch: Here’s what happens at debate camp 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

And, when he tries a complete left turn by reaching for country pop aspirations with “Drink You Away”, the result is less Brad Paisley and more Uncle Cracker, with a gospel choir at his disposal. Justin Timberlake Overreaches on His 20/20 Follow-Up 2013-10-02T09:45:12Z

“Virtually anything in the Stephen King multiverse is gospel,” Mr. Shaw said. ‘Castle Rock’ Is a Stephen King Story That Isn’t Really a Stephen King Story 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Her sound, which skews toward the polished, grand side of church music, will be balanced by Brooklyn’s own Hezekiah Walker and his Love Fellowship Choir, who favor a more raucous, groove-driven take on gospel. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Piano versions of “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ” and “When the Ship Comes In,” hinting at gospel, have been previously released in the bootleg series; now, a piano version of “Mr. Tambourine Man” joins them. Playlist: Younger Folk, Older Folk, Noises Tempered and Psychedelic 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z

Later on, wrapping things up, Mr. Landesman cited those lines as gospel truth. 2010-01-13T22:21:00Z

Save for a backing gospel vocal duo that adds to the dark scenery, nothing is straightforward. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z

In covering the gospel singer, Brooks doesn't merely capture the essence of Jackson's vocal fortitude. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z

Some of the biggest names in gospel music are coming together in Ohio to celebrate Easter Sunday. What’s on TV This Week: ‘La Frontera’ and ‘The English Patient’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

They were, in fact, only the latest manifestations of musical innovations with Southern sources: blues, jazz, gospel, bluegrass, R&B, funk, soul. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Both Bishop Paul S. Morton and PJ Morton are nominated for best gospel album for "Best Days Yet," the elder Morton's album -- PJ wrote and produced four songs. The Mortons: Father and son up for Grammy Awards 2014-01-14T14:42:30Z

Said to be due for inclusion on Michelle Williams' upcoming gospel album, "Say Yes" reunites Williams with Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland in a lively rendition of a traditional praise song popular in Nigeria. Listen: Michelle Williams drafts Beyonce, Kelly Rowland for 'Say Yes' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

One of these songs proclaims: “The gospel is advancing, and freedom is commencing. With leaping and with dancing, we’ll hail the jubilee.” ‘Early Shaker Spirituals,’ Plain-Spoken Tribute 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

On Ms. Cash’s latest release, “The River and the Thread,” which arrived in January, she nudged some gospel and rock into her twangy flavor. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Aug. 8-14 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The encore was a version of the Beatles’ “Let It Be,” at a honey-drip tempo, that ratified Louis Armstrong’s assessment of the tune as gospel music. Music Review: Joshua Redman at Town Hall 2013-06-06T21:53:18Z

"First gospel choir was started right here in Chicago at Pilgrim Baptist Church," he says. America's Musical Cities 2010-07-07T21:20:00Z

Technically speaking, the barbershop chord is a flatted seventh, first used among African-American gospel groups in the early 20th century. The secret of barbershop: harmonise, project ? and smile! 2010-07-27T21:29:00Z

That came from being inspired by different types of music, ranging from gospel to country — a mix he equates to a Louisiana culinary specialty. Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy looks back on a special career 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Perhaps this includes gospel renditions of old songs. U2 reworking hits with Blackstreet member 2010-07-23T10:10:00Z

Mr. Thorson would later claim she had seen him on TV, spreading the gospel, but that is not how Ms. Morrill remembers it. Scott Thorson, The Boy Toy’s Story 2013-05-10T21:40:24Z

There’s a gospel standard, and an instrumental showcasing Mr. Paisley’s fearsome picking. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

He taught the children gospel songs and accompanied them on his guitar. Cleotha Staples of Staples Singers siblings dies 2013-02-22T16:28:08Z

“Blisters” set the tone of his work: dark, spare arrangements; lush melodies with virtuosic runs; and lyrics that draw on the gospel tradition to tell stories of anguished queer love. Serpentwithfeet‘s Sensual Ode to Drama 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

The set pulled material from her long career in rockabilly, country and gospel, as well as highlights from her recent Jack White-produced CD "The Party Ain't Over." Wanda Jackson growls through her rockabilly roots 2011-03-23T17:03:00Z

Hip-hop has been extending its tendrils into gospel for well over a decade now, but sometimes the influence is overt. Holiday Music for the Joyful, the Lonely and the Skeptical 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

This was usually completed on Saturday in the kitchen by either my grandmother or mother, with gospel music playing in the background, so that my hair would be fresh for church on Sunday morning. Does Anyone Own the Cornrow? 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Suffused with rousing dance numbers and gospel music, it is better than ever in its new home at the Moore Theatre. A list of holiday shows still on stage in Seattle 2010-12-23T21:28:13Z

A decade before the much-praised Noma opened in Copenhagen, Mr. Henderson was spreading the gospel of strictly local, seasonal cooking in Northern Europe. The Culinary Couple Who Built a British Empire 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

At 11, she impudently called the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and invited her to perform at a fund-raiser for the children’s choir. Linda Hopkins, a Tony-Winning Actress and Singer, Dies at 92 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

The gospel celebration will include a performance by this year's NFL "Players' Choice" hip-hop Christian artist Lecrae, as well as the NFL Players Choir, composed of about 40 current and former players. Fantasia to headline Super Bowl gospel concert 2013-01-10T12:16:05Z

They held it back from their album at the time, with the idea that Ms. Jones should record an entire gospel record. Sharon Jones Says Farewell With ‘Soul of a Woman’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Karl Walter/Getty That happiness is manifest on their new album, a huge pop beast full of handclaps and gospel choirs and organs that is more than a little bit mid-90s No Doubt. Paramore: no more Misery Business 2013-01-26T06:00:00Z

Encouraged by her father, she and her siblings formed a gospel group growing up. Sparkle, Once R. Kelly’s Protégée, May Testify Against Him. Again. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

On his debut as a leader, he’s shrouded in synthesizers but never loses touch with hip-hop and gospel. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

More recently, Griffith won a Grammy in 1997 for his album of gospel music “I Love to Tell the Story — 25 Timeless Hymns.” Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86 2012-07-03T16:45:00Z

But don’t expect Mystikal to start appearing on the gospel charts. Rapper Mystikal breaks silence on dropped rape charge 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

Their dating life revolved around frequent visits to St. Augustine’s 12:30 gospel choir Mass, game nights and wine tastings. On Love: Frances Correa and Zac Ufnar

Mr. Roumain skillfully folds gospel, funk, jazz and contemporary classical idioms into the score. 5 Operas in 72 Hours: A Philadelphia Festival Is a Test of Survival 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Springsteen, the quintessential working class rock ‘n’ roll troubadour, broke from both his white worker protagonists and his medium of “blues verses and gospel choruses,” as he often calls it, in the mid-’90s. Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad," then and now 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

The same upbringing that ensconced him in the sacred steel gospel tradition, as it turned out, also blocked a lot of outside influences, including some pertaining to his own lineage as a musician. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z

As a gospel choir sang “Sea of Love,” Ms. Levitt did stutter steps to and fro, as the guests hooted their approval. A Picture-Perfect Wedding in the Big Easy 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

It shows him touching down in gospel music at his bleakest times and, near the end, strains to present him as a spiritual figure. Review: A Reverent Elvis Doc Separates the Trailblazer From His Tragedy 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

He sang gospel regularly in church in a part of Ohio he described as “nothing but cornfields and high school football.” Top Notes That Shatter The Glass Ceiling 2011-03-11T15:32:57Z

Karen O lets the Broadway Inspirational Voices gospel choir provide the ironic ballast for the track, taking the censure from the entire congregation. What’s the Buzz for Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito 2013-04-18T09:45:32Z

It is gospel among most people that milk builds strong bones and teeth. 25 “facts” that really aren’t: You’ve heard them all your life and they just aren’t true 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Although he had grown up listening to gospel music on the radio, he had never heard of the university or its heralded singing group. Paul T. Kwami, Fisk Jubilee Singers’ Longtime Director, Dies at 70 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

The repertory is more balanced, with less emphasis on gospel and spiritual songs. Arts: Embracing the Renaissance and YouTube, Too 2010-05-30T02:55:00Z

Young Barrett played with his sisters’ gospel group, the Strong Sisters. Barrett Strong, Whose ‘Money’ Helped Launch Motown, Dies at 81 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

Fried chicken’s biggest White House moment, though, came in September 1979, when Carter served it at a gospel music picnic he hosted for a 1,000 people on the South Lawn. From pig’s feet to corn bread, a history of soul food in the White House 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

When Michael launched Capital Radio, I became Britain's first DJ playing African-American gospel music, with the Hallelujah programme, under the name Sam Scott. Michael Bukht obituary letters 2011-08-11T17:43:10Z

He spent a summer in a penitentiary, recording 10 albums of songs by inmates; “The Clouds” was a compilation of rural Alabama gospel choirs. Vilified for Virus, Bats Are a New Album’s Seductive Stars 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

James sang gospel in the church choir and stood out even as a 5-year-old. Blues singer Etta James dies at 73 2012-01-21T01:55:50Z

It was 50 years ago when gospel, folk music and the civil rights movement cemented their bond on the biggest stage in America. Music that declared an era 2013-08-23T16:38:51Z

But Mr. Sacks said that the record he made with Mr. Myles in 1995, “A Taste of Heaven,” was rejected by all the major gospel labels at the time because they considered Mr. Myles unmarketable. Complicated Legacy of a Gospel Singer 2014-04-28T20:45:33Z

There were two-part and three-part vocal harmonies that could be sweetly ethereal, or as tightly in tandem as country sibling teams like the Everly Brothers, or as hearty as mountain gospel. Review: I’m With Her, Three Americana Virtuosos 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Singing in Sanskrit while accompanying herself on organ, Coltrane beautifully combines two great sacred music traditions: Hindu devotional songs and Black American gospel. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Paxton joined the hippie Jesus movement, fusing Southern gospel with Christian rock in songs that he sang or wrote for others and that denounced drugs, drink and tobacco. Gary S. Paxton, Whose Life of Extremes Brimmed With Music, Dies at 77 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

The 81 categories range from pop and rock to gospel and bluegrass - a selection of the key categories are below. Grammy Awards: Selected nominees 2012-12-06T09:38:44Z

But he’s also been developing a sideline that looks increasingly like a central strength: solo-piano gospel records. New Music: Releases From Velvet Underground, Eric Reed and Volcán 2013-12-16T23:33:13Z

The pages are made of treated animal hide and it is believed they were first used in the 6th or 7th Century when inscribed in Greek with a portion of the gospel of Luke. Rare biblical manuscript bid 'hope' 2014-01-14T15:49:17Z

For decades, public health gospel was that we should eat no more than two eggs a week. The joy of eggs – how 'nature's multivitamin' shook off the scare stories 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Like many, I believe that fight will one day be won, and is fully consistent with the Christian gospel. 500 years of church intolerance 2011-02-15T07:30:02Z

In “Soul Nativity,” a timeless tale gets modern treatment as the school’s artistic director, Alfred Preisser, turns a Christmas pageant into a gospel extravaganza. More Ways for Making Merry 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Jazz composer Duke Ellington was one of those who bashed the gospel, jazz and folkloric strains in Gershwin's score as "inauthentic." Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z

The group was an experiment, and Stepney its gleeful chemist, mixing gospel, strings and soulful grooves with unexpected, even jarring sounds and wordless, atmospheric interludes. 46 Years After His Death, the Producer Charles Stepney Shines Again 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

In “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” she warns about the devil, repeating “Something wicked, mighty wicked” as the band builds a darkly swaggering gospel shuffle. New Albums From Lucinda Williams and Christopher Owens 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

For one of the year’s most intriguing, fully formed new talents, gospel and blues sweeten the deal. Pop & Rock Listings for Dec. 27-Jan. 2 2013-12-27T05:43:08Z

A passage toward the end suggested an intriguing commentary on gospel church culture. Dance Review: Kyle Abraham, Samantha Speis and Marjani Fort? at Danspace 2012-03-23T22:04:11Z

Around that time Mr. Green, the label’s star, abandoned secular music for gospel, although he reunited occasionally with Mr. Mitchell and the Hi band over the years. Teenie Hodges, Soul Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 68 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Borrowing from the blues, R&B, gospel and pop music, Bland created a vocal style that was unmistakably his own. The Thrill is Gone: Remembering Bobby “Blue” Bland 2013-06-25T15:31:59Z

Begun in his teens, and partly-performed only once in his lifetime, it took in Jelly Roll Morton, Broadway standards, gospel, blues, and references to Schoenberg, Bartok and Stravinsky. Take Five 2012: John Fordham's year in jazz 2012-12-18T14:09:36Z

He learned hard work during the week, blues on Saturday evenings and gospel on Sunday mornings. She’s still taking us there: Mavis Staples soars again in late career 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

There’s a fake gospel song about God’s grace and a fake Dylan song about gun control. Perspective | Album of the year is the Grammy that nobody deserves to win 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

The musicians will pay tribute to her gospel roots and her iconic album, “Amazing Grace.” Taylor Swift, Cardi B set for American Music Awards 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

The piano-lead tune sounds practically gospel in its beginning and gathers accompanying voices, periodic symbol splashes and rhythmic stomping along the way. Chance The Rapper releases official 'Arthur' cover 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

More recently, she's combined a career as a gospel artist with appearances on the rock'n'roll revival circuit. Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Over ? review 2011-01-13T15:29:00Z

The film’s milieu was inspired by a national gospel choir competition he attended in Newark a few years ago. Todd Graff Sticks to His Favorite Genre in ?Joyful Noise? 2012-01-06T21:31:48Z

We also take a return visit to the church of Lee's recent Red Hook Summer for an extended gospel performance. Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus review – Spike Lee's horror flick is uneven but unique 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

"You play gospel in a blues key," Ellington told Pops. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z

He grew up listening to gospel music in the Baptist church his family attended. George Duke, Crossover Musician With Frank Zappa, Dies at 67 2013-08-07T02:22:54Z

Attention must also be paid to the work here of music director Victor Simonson, who whips the gospel chorus into effervescent shape. Review | See ‘The Amen Corner’ and feel the power of James Baldwin 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Sims doesn’t rewrite the song; he simply records it being performed by Black musicians in a range of Black music styles — gospel, blues, soul, hip-hop — undercutting, through genius appropriation, its white supremacist punch. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

There’s not a lot of gospel in these two books — just a strong, wary sense of watching and waiting. Scorching, Sophisticated New Work From Two of America’s Leading Poets 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Set in Harlem’s pregentrification 1980s, the show features original music and reimagined Christmas carols in the spirit of pop, gospel and jazz. 8 Holiday Shows for Various Tastes 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

The buzz was bigger than one of Lizzo’s booming hooks when the self-love gospel spreader took Block Party’s main stage and Lizzomania has shown no signs of cooling. 10 Bumbershoot 2019 artists to watch, from Lizzo to Tyler, the Creator 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

A disciple of Tim Gunn on “Project Runway,” she paraphrased his gospel reverently: “All you need to be fashionable is 10 basic looks: a white shirt, jeans, a blazer...” Critical Shopper: Chico?s Brings its Camouflage to the Hamptons 2010-08-04T18:56:00Z

Sweet: Jangly tambourine, and singer Alex Robert's exuberant yelps, punctuating gospel keyboard licks. It's a rock picnic as KEXP Concerts at the Mural series opens 2011-08-06T17:43:57Z

The choral “oohs” on the introduction, thudding bass and plodding piano built into the production owe more to the way hip-hop reimagines gospel than to traditional gospel arrangements. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

In high school, Campbell joined the Roberta Martin Singers, a touring gospel group that emerged from the church's youth choir. Gospel singer Delois Barrett Campbell dies at 85 2011-08-03T12:08:10Z

That’s when he pulled the plug on his blues career and dove into gospel. Joe Louis Walker, the blues and beyond 2012-06-06T21:49:00Z

It’s an album of nearly symphonic roots-rock and selected extras — accordion, uilleann pipes, gospel choruses — to get close to other forms and visions, and then some temporary downshifts into sparer and less narrative modes. New Music: Albums From Bruce Springsteen and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland 2014-01-13T23:21:05Z

No one person deserves credit for pioneering the hybrid of hip-hop, gospel, 1970s fusion and quiet-storm R&B that now dominates so much of jazz’s mainstream — and so many of its jam sessions. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

In his own mind, he doesn’t just run a gym; he’s also a visionary, preaching a gospel of physical, mental and spiritual well-being based on a system of his own devising. Review: ‘Results’ Tracks Exertions in Matters of the Cardio 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

She recalls her experiences of racism with a similar equanimity, no doubt a result of her religiosity — a belief in the gospel of love that appears profound but not inordinately dogmatic. ‘Stay Prayed Up’ Review: Spreading the Gospel of Love 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues. President Obama Remembers B.B. King 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Campbell released a series of gospel albums in the 1990s, and in later years made frequent appearances on evangelical TV shows. Glen Campbell, Whose Hit Songs Bridged Country and Pop, Dies at 81 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

By the mid-1970s his recording career was over, but he continued to perform both gospel and secular songs for many years. James Phelps, Gospel and R&B Singer, Dies at 78 2010-10-28T00:09:00Z

The sonic message — and the film’s strongest argument for its subject’s relevance — is that Presley’s blend of blues, gospel, pop and country continues to mutate and pollinate in the musical present. ‘Elvis’ Review: Shocking the King Back to Life 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

This is an old story in the prosperity gospel world. “Empty suit” preacher sinks Indiana megachurch 2013-03-05T16:47:00Z

Griffin’s wife, Anna Griffin, and her friend Bernice Cole were veteran gospel singers and recording artists. 50 Years Ago, They Did Something Rare in Gospel: Tied Music to Protest 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

And when her guitar playing was upfront, in songs that mingled rockabilly with the gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the music was fervent, rip-roaring rock and roll. ArtsBeat: Bonnaroo: Alabama Shakes Commands the Big Stage 2012-06-08T20:25:39Z

Late in his career he founded a gospel choir, InNate Praise, and also played himself on an episode of the animated series “The Boondocks,” singing one of his trademark hooks. Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop Collaborator, Dies at 41 2011-03-17T04:31:55Z

Mr. Belafonte, second from left, in Chicago in 1966 with, from left, Sidney Poitier, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and the civil rights activist Al Raby. Harry Belafonte: A Life in Photos 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

A Canadian emigrant who became one of America's most-recognized gospel soloists, Shea himself summed up his career with one of his inspirational trademarks: "The Wonder of It All." George Beverly Shea dies; sang at Graham crusades 2013-04-17T03:24:13Z

It's in the language they speak as 100 Gecs — sensitive and chaotic, brilliant and overstimulated, gospel for a certain strain of Internet Brain. This chaotic duo sounds like nothing and everything you’ve ever heard 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

She later forged new territory for a black, female artist who brought R&B and gospel touches into pop music's mainstream. Family, fans, stars to mourn Houston 2012-02-18T13:23:00Z

But the minute they wrapped for the day, a waiting car would take her home, Mahalia Jackson gospel songs on the stereo. Danielle Deadwyler Is the Beating Heart of ‘Till’ 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

They were much surer delivering the Creole exuberance of "That Was Your Mother," the rubbery African bass lines of "Gumboots" and the gospel hosannas of "Gone at Last." Still syncopated after all these years 2011-05-17T18:56:25Z

Everyone was practicing "a hillbilly gospel tradition" that's been passed down in the area for generations. Isbell celebrates great year at Americana Awards 2012-09-11T18:02:08Z

A little bit of gospel in there, a little bit of Janis Joplin in there, and just sounded fantastic. Lens Blog: Chad Batka's Concert Photos 2012-01-27T15:20:31Z

Among them were K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen, the French Quarter fixture that closed in 2020 after decades of spreading the gospel of Creole and Cajun cooking. In New Orleans, Time-Tested Charms and Some Bright New Baubles 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

He traveled to places with musical significance and met with gospel singers and other musicians but didn't want his project to be a strict telling of the history of Southern music or its current state. Photographers explore the South in High exhibition 2012-06-08T16:41:10Z

It was thus a fundamental tenet of Christianity that not only was the gospel for all, no matter how they were disenfranchised, but that it had a particular simplicity to it. Christianity: a faith for the simple 2011-01-31T13:00:01Z

Link makes us hear his gospel twang in just that one sentence. Book review: Kelly Link’s fantastic, fantastical ‘Get in Trouble’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

That this interplay between background and foreground is a basic tenet of gospel indicates Spector’s own indebtedness to black sacred music. Mariah Carey’s Christmas Miracle 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

A minister taught him the rudiments of the guitar and, at 18, Mr. King joined a local gospel quartet. B.B. King, Mississippi master of the blues, dies at 89 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

He furthers his gospel at Output alongside François K, the local disco superstar. Pop & Rock Listings for March 11-17 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Simpson, 22, had been playing drums in his Pentecostal church since he was 4 years old, learning all the flexibility and drive that comes with live gospel music. black midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

As it happens, there’s a Beatles tune on “A Moment’s Peace,” but it’s one by Paul McCartney: “I Will,” recast in a simmering gospel mode. New Music: Mindless Behavior and LeAnn Rimes - Review 2011-09-26T22:44:16Z

Part of her gospel is: “It’s not about starting a profile on Twitter. You have to provide something more than selfies. You have to think about: What is your core appeal?” The New Unsexy Sexy Marketplace 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

But the gospel label folded, and Ms. Perry returned to California, living on her own in Los Angeles at 17. Arts & Leisure Preview: Katy Perry, Pop Cartoon Sprung From the Playbook 2010-08-19T17:54:00Z

He became a born-again Christian and spent much of the 1980s as a piano accompanist for the gospel vocalist Del Delker, who sang Have Yourself a Blessed Little Christmas. Hugh Martin obituary 2011-03-14T18:25:05Z

It wins Griffith a Grammy for best Southern gospel, country gospel or bluegrass gospel album. Griffith's career included TV, Broadway, movies 2012-07-03T16:52:08Z

This figure of speech was probably meant to suggest extreme frustration with the persistence of racism and the failure of reform, and perhaps make reference to the call-and-response tradition of gospel. Perspective | Trump wanted a photo op. He delivered the most ominous message of his presidency. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Later they moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he attended a Rhema Bible College, which teaches the prosperity gospel. In "Broken Faith," investigative journalists dig into the secretive Word of Faith Fellowship church 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

With help from the school’s administration, Walker will curate the center’s curriculum geared toward aspiring songwriters, instrumentalists, vocalists, producers, managers and publicists within the gospel realm. Hezekiah Walker looks to bring gospel music center to HBCU 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

Four of the 2012's top 10 Christian and gospel albums were recorded by the King's College choir. New UK Christian music chart pledged 2013-03-06T11:31:55Z

When Wonder sings of opening your heart to feel the spirit, Garland has the dance language for the gospel lift. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Soulful Ballet to Stevie Wonder 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

The set was also grounded in gospel music, from its opening harmonies to the way its closer, “Land of Hope and Glory” became a gospel-train medley with “This Train” and “People Get Ready.” ArtsBeat: At SXSW Springsteen Draws an All-Star Guest List 2012-03-16T16:46:09Z

Staples, 76, got her start as part of a family gospel band, singing alongside her four siblings with her father, "Pops" Staples, on guitar. Kennedy Center Honorees Announced 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

But if she's expressive at low volumes, she's devastating at full throttle, whether on straight R&B shuffles, jazz swingers, or exultant gospel proclamations. This week's new live music 2010-12-18T00:07:39Z

Weltman preaches a gospel of sorts, in which wine belongs to everyone and is not confined by national borders or political disputes. Do you pour from a wine bottle for what’s in it — or what’s behind it? 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

She recorded occasionally with Bowie and in 1980 released an album of religious music, From the Root to the Source, recorded with her mother and her younger brother, the soul and gospel singer David Peaston. Fontella Bass obituary 2012-12-28T13:51:36Z

Over the last few years Ms. Perry, 25, has proved adept at working those angles, making an unlikely turnaround from gospel singer to provocative starlet, while keeping her audience tracking the authenticity of both. Arts & Leisure Preview: Katy Perry, Pop Cartoon Sprung From the Playbook 2010-08-19T17:54:00Z

His affection for treacle and sentiment still runs rampant, his voice still slips into a buttery soprano, and he still uses rock guitars to indicate "rage" and gospel choirs to announce "inspiration." The New Michael Jackson Album: Not Bad, but Pretty Good 2010-12-10T08:00:00Z

He mixed gospel and soul influences with traditional Jewish music. Theater Review: ‘Soul Doctor’ at New York Theater Workshop 2012-08-15T16:26:49Z

His improvised version of the gospel song Motherless Child evolved into Freedom at the festival and became an anthem of the 1960s hippy generation. Woodstock icon Richie Havens dies 2013-04-23T13:05:01Z

The music is a cross between house and gospel, and the work’s gestures and congregations of dancers both blur the line between church and club behavior and exploit the tension between them. Alvin Ailey Partners With Maker of Reyataz for a Dance 2011-11-29T23:13:04Z

It's got an uplifting feel, almost like a gospel song, but it's also got a very hard realism about it. Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton on Town Called Malice 2012-11-12T17:33:06Z

Not to mention that the black gospel tradition gave birth to the type of rafter-shaking singing we now expect to see from our best pop singers. Why You Aren't Watching BET's 'Sunday Best' 2010-05-14T00:09:00Z

The free event will feature photographs with Santa as well as performances by Refining Faith, a gospel group, and Acapella Soul. Spare Times for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-12T23:38:45Z

A Canadian emigrant who became one of America’s most-recognized gospel soloists, Shea himself summed up his career with one of his inspirational trademarks: “The Wonder of It All.” George Beverly Shea, Gospel Singer for Billy Graham Crusades, Dies at 104 2013-04-17T14:14:18Z

Music runs in Milligan’s family: Her parents met when her father, a pastor, started singing for the gospel group her mother performed with as a pianist. Meet Four Theater Artists to Watch This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

His songs have been recorded by non-gospel artists such as Destiny’s Child, and his music helped Whitney Houston deliver one of the biggest-selling gospel albums in history for the 1996 film “The Preacher’s Wife.” The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Everything in Kirk Franklin’s show, from the gospel artist’s ultra-casual black jogger pants and collared tunic to his pop-lock and milly-rock dances, was meticulously coordinated in defiance of many churches’ stuffy and judgmental reputations. Kirk Franklin makes gospel music feel like a party 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Lucas said the university felt compelled to embrace gospel because “we understood the academic roots of the music.” Hezekiah Walker looks to bring gospel music center to HBCU 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

The tangy Norwegian comedy "Happy, Happy" is a romantic lark about optimism and infidelity that begins each of its many-chaptered stories with four Norwegian guys singing gospel tunes. Not all is 'Happy, Happy' for these two couples 2011-09-29T20:02:03Z

Inspired by Broadway show tunes, the gospel tradition and jazz artists like Django Reinhardt as well as by country music, he became popular playing on Southern radio stations as a teenager. Arthur Smith Dies at 93; Wrote ‘Dueling Banjos’ 2014-04-09T00:54:44Z

The five groups scheduled to perform include a gospel choir, the Catholic University Chamber Choir and a “Papal Mass Choir” of 90 participants selected from more than 300 people who auditioned in the D.C. area. Music fit for a pope 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

She wanted the next generation to become ambassadors of gospel, jazz and R&B music, starting with her daughter, who has gone from performing onstage to sitting in the director’s chair. ‘Mama, I Want to Sing!’ Returns for 40th Anniversary 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Whereas they were once more gospel and very country sounding, their look and sound in this performance was definitely more of the pop-rock variety. 'American Idol' results night recap: Say goodbye to Siobhan 2010-04-29T15:31:00Z

When he met Margao, Colbert told her about the things he likes: cooking and singing country, rap and gospel music. He was homeless for a decade. A D.C. furniture shop just redesigned his new apartment. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Rhonda Vincent It would have been easy for this impeccably gifted bluegrass singer to make her version of a gospel album in the studio, with a choice array of guests. Playlist : New Music From Baroness, Rhoda Vincent, Shintaro Sakamoto 2012-07-20T17:18:02Z

At one end of contemporary gospel are the singer-arrangers feverishly trying to keep up with the mainstream of R&B and hip-hop. The Grammy Gems You Won’t Hear on ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

But it’s not the propulsive gospel that drove 1960s soul music; it’s the tradition of the spiritual, lingering on each extravagant phrase. Critics? Choice: New Cds: The Droll, Buzzing Grandpas of Rap 2011-05-02T19:51:31Z

Many things she accepted as gospel back then seem less clear now. Her Family Owned Slaves. How Can She Make Amends? 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

The burly work songs churn, the blues and gospel anthems soar, and the characters evolve as the saga presses through decades. Review | This ‘Color Purple’ may have won a Tony, but it’s cut to the bone 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Although he was Canadian, his music was steeped in Americana: in blues, country, ragtime, Cajun music, parlor songs, Appalachian ballads, gospel, circus bands, vaudeville and his Indigenous heritage. Robbie Robertson’s 16 Essential Songs 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Boone also bemoans that gospel stars are often held to higher standards, in terms of their behavior. Building a Small Empire Through Viral Gospel 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

His new book, “Good Food, Good Life,” preaches the cook-yourself-happy gospel, too. A TV chef’s plea to time-stressed parents: Don’t give up on cooking 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

A gospel and spirituals segment is especially moving. British jazz kahuna Chris Barber collaborates with Eric Clapton, others 2012-05-07T21:15:05Z

Even if his name has largely drifted into obscurity, Russell's gospel infused, soul-country blend continues to echo through recent recordings by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown and Kid Rock. Elton John puts Leon Russell back in the spotlight 2010-10-19T23:23:00Z

The album also topped Billboard’s Christian albums and gospel albums charts, marking West’s first appearances on those rankings. Kanye West’s ‘Jesus Is King’ Is No. 1 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

It may not sound like gospel, but it's definitely divine. Ten Grammy nominees that don't suck 2011-02-12T17:10:00Z

“All those precious little voices,” she says over a fluttery gospel groove. Jimmy Greene’s 'Beautiful Life' Is a Eulogy to a Daughter 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

So while all the performers are game and comical, Mr. Thomas has the funniest musical number, a gospel hootenanny called “Banking on Jesus” that whips the audience into a lather. ‘Pageant,’ a Musical Parody, Is Revived 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Though Blake’s signature production flourishes remain, its sound is more influenced by soul or gospel than outré electronic music. James Blake brings his emotive tenor and thunderous sub-bass to the Moore Theatre 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

No living musician is more closely associated than Booker T. Jones with Memphis, the Mississippi River city that fostered a world-changing generation of blues, gospel and soul music five decades ago. Booker T. Jones, Soul’s Ultimate Sideman, Takes the Lead at Last 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Each feels shaped by the practices of the trio rather than imposed from the outside, with a style governed by the full sweep of jazz tradition, and by hip-hop, blues and gospel besides. New From Roots, Travie McCoy, Jason Moran and Nina Nastasia 2010-06-20T23:48:00Z

It was in this large but modest looking, red-brick house of worship on a quiet backstreet near downtown Newark where Houston's career began as a soloist in a gospel choir in the 1970s. Whitney Houston mourned at New Jersey church of her youth 2012-02-12T16:29:55Z

What “Born for This” does confidently possess is a cast of accomplished vocalists for the passel of pop, R&B and gospel numbers BeBe Winans has composed for the occasion. ‘Born for This’: Still an embryo of a musical 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

And so it was that for 11 infamous episodes that fall, ABC offered up a police drama in which criminals rapped, officers sang, and jurors announced their verdict by bursting into a rousing gospel tune. How ‘Cop Rock’ Called the Tune That Some Shows Still Dance To 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

“I write kind of weird gospel music,” he once told a reporter. Jesse Winchester, a songwriter’s songwriter 2014-04-15T17:43:59Z

He’s got a keen eye for themes, as evidenced by his books, including “Take Me to the Water,” a selection of old baptism photos and similarly themed gospel songs. 'The Birth of Rock and Roll': Book of found photos tells vivid history 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Several years ago, I was at a Christmas party at home in the South when the host, a local gospel singer, was asked to sing before any official carolling got under way. Anthem of Freedom: How Whitney Houston Remade “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

"I don't attend church anymore, but gospel is influential in everything I do as a musician still." For John Legend, love and social protest make for an 'interesting mix' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Q: You met him when you were only 17 and playing gospel in a church choir in Harlem. Valerie Simpson on Nick Ashford: 'I'm not used to him not being here yet' 2011-11-17T08:00:00Z

The book’s sweetest story comes from Dorothy Morrison of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, whose “Oh Happy Day,” Myers writes, was “the first pure gospel recording to reach Billboard’s secular charts.” The surprising stories behind everybody’s favorite songs 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

In this moment, he’s playing with the very element that keeps some older R. & B. fans from embracing the new school: the gospel. The New R. & B. Is Here, Reflecting Confused Modern Love 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

She described Smallwood as “a brilliant mind who transcends gospel music.” The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

It means the record does what gospel should – lift you up. Mavis Staples: One True Vine – review 2013-06-22T23:05:07Z

The headlining performers will be Sweet Honey in the Rock, the all-female a cappella group known for its songs for young people as well as for a repertory that spans gospel to hip-hop. Spare Times: For Children, for July 6-12 2012-07-05T21:19:52Z

The album is part dancehall, part trap, part grime, with a little gospel sprinkled in. Man of the times: On “More Life,” Drake is dialed into the sounds and possibility of the digital age 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

But then King stepped back, spending decades raising 15 children; her public performances were limited to singing on a weekly gospel radio program. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

My last breath may very well be inspired by “Revelations,” the Ailey company’s ecstatic gospel finale that whips your insides into a seductive fantasy that you, too, can strut along with the dancers. Alvin Ailey’s signature works shine at Kennedy Center 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

We do a variety of jazz on it: fusion, funk, swing soul even a gospel reworking of “Modern Love.” The fabulous, foul-mouthed Lea DeLaria on “Orange Is the New Black,” Big Boo’s backstory, and why Republicans can “suck my big dyke d*ck” 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Maddi Koch loves to spread the gospel about a good movie. They Review Movies on TikTok, but Don’t Call Them Critics 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z

Taj Mahal, who opened the concert with a solo set, returned to sing the New Orleans funeral standard “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,” instilling it with grainy gospel conviction. Music Review: Pairing Their Sounds and Sharing the Blues 2011-04-10T21:52:38Z

It appears as gospel in outlets as varied as Fast Company and The Guardian. The Biggest Fake News in Fashion 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Harland, a Houston-born drummer, boils down the influences of gospel, hip-hop and jazz into a roux of languor and coolness, even when it’s spilling over with activity. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The Kingdom Choir, a British gospel group, will perform, as will the Baroque trumpeter David Blackadder. Perspective | Can Meghan and Harry make you care about Handel? 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

An angry father “puffs up bigger and bigger/ — like a barrage balloon”; an ancient gospel singer owns an “Aerosonic stand-up piano/ whose yellowing keys clashed with her wallpaper.” ‘The Richard Peabody Reader’ 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

Preachers took the gospel of evangelical Christianity from place to place, and church membership flourished. Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

Like gospel music, though with their own rhythms and messages of praise, both styles flat-out rock. Music Review: Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers at Met Museum - Review 2011-10-30T22:51:18Z

In 2016, the two performed a duet, you could say, of the gospel song “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” at a Harry Dean Stanton tribute concert. Whistling as an Art Almost Died Off. Can Molly Lewis Keep It Alive? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

King told him that he wanted him to play the gospel pillar “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.” ‘Summer of Soul’ Review: In 1969 Harlem, a Music Festival Stuns 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

Jess introduces Sam to her praise team, a scrappy competitive gospel group run out of a local, ramshackle church. ‘Praise This’ Review: An Unlikely Savior 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

His eyes are raised, looking up into some hazy, unspecified distance, as if lost in interior thought — perhaps contemplating the gospel's revelatory word. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Now instead of a black gospel group, he wanted a white gospel group, so he called the Gospel Music Association and they recommended us. The Oak Ridge Boys and their famous baritone are still going strong 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

It won’t all be classical music, though that is included in the program, along with gospel and some pop music. Student plans Danville concert to help feed hungry 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

So has a noisy, unfettered eclecticism that encompasses rock, R&B, hip-hop, electro, punk, jazz, gospel and blues. Algiers Blasts Songs of Damage and Redemption on ‘Shook’ 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

You’re certainly responding in a textbook way: doubting yourself, clamming up, taking his word as gospel. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: This husband’s ‘get better’ sounds a lot like gaslighting 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

There is no discussion of church music here, even as the evangelicals led a move away from the organ to Christian rock and white gospel. With God on Their Side: How Evangelicals Entered American Politics 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Though Lenox's instrument did not carry the high tonal sheen of the greatest gospel voices, this program surely needed more Lenox and less Griffin. A flawed celebration of Mahalia Jackson's centennial 2011-05-21T14:55:00Z

What is complete, Watts reveals, is Wonder's long-awaited gospel album, featuring choirs including Take 6. Stevie Wonder: jammin' with the jazz set 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z

Of performing in a gospel group with Philip Bailey, later of Earth, Wind & Fire, as a teen in Denver. Pam Grier Thinks Richard Pryor and Trevor Noah Would Have Been Best Friends 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

The first published use of the term “gospel song” appears in “Gospel Songs: A Choice Collection of Hymns and Tunes.” Gospel stars unite at Kennedy Center: Rejoice! 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

This studly Welsh baritone, now 70, certainly has the voice to make a lean, tough country gospel album. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Korn, Currensy and Tom Jones 2010-07-26T00:05:00Z

She toured with Martha who was a featured soloist with the Clara Ward Singers, one of the most respected groups on the gospel music circuit. Fontella Bass obituary 2012-12-28T13:51:36Z

This is their third album, a cheerful fusion of reggae, gospel, pop and occasional echoes of indigenous styles, with many lyrics in the language of the Gumatj people. Saltwater Band: Malk ? review 2011-08-25T21:46:01Z

For her latest release, “The River and the Thread,” which arrived in January, she nudged some gospel and rock into her twangy formula. Pop & Rock Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:48:22Z

Because even in 2015, the old-school practice of a real person in a real place for the sake of a “live shot” is still the gospel of broadcast journalism. Why the old-school ‘live shot’ is still the gold standard of local TV news 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

The African Angels will perform concerts that meld African, American gospel and opera sounds. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Franklin dotted the night with lighthearted jokes and playfully directed his live band and dependable choir, the audience, as he ran through his catalogue of seemingly endless gospel hits. Kirk Franklin makes gospel music feel like a party 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

On “Rank Stranger,” the Albert Brumley-penned gospel standard that is among the Stanleys’ most beloved performances, that voice blasts like a siren of alienated misery and end-times devastation. Ralph Stanley’s Inimitable Voice 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

For 34 years gospel legend Bobby Jones has hosted a one-hour show on BET. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

For its debut British tour, Ailey II performs – perhaps too automatically – Ailey's popular classic Revelations, with spiritual songs, gospel and holy blues from the American south. This week's new dance 2011-02-19T00:06:05Z

Too bad it took a rapper to get gospel music on the Grammy telecast. 7 reasons why Chance the Rapper is a star 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

The music pulls its own connections — to trap electronics, African songs, brass bands, gospel choirs — while Beyoncé flaunts new melody ideas in each verse. Beyoncé’s Surprise Juneteenth Anthem, and 12 More New Songs 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

“Born in Chains,” with a gospel organ foundation, merges love and faith, compassion and redemption. Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

But the challenge for a novelist is how to convey that gospel without trivializing life’s horrors or falsifying the possibilities of happiness. Review | It’s a snowy day in Brooklyn, and there’s love in the air — and a body in the trunk 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

At 5, he played piano in church before his feet reached the floor, and gospel became a foundation for his music. Junie Morrison, a Funk Mastermind, Dies at 62 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

The gospel songs woven throughout open further windows onto the tangled sweep of American history and civics. Theater review: Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ at Studio Theatre 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

The Obama character, meanwhile, sings excerpts from the candidate's actual speeches while backed by the "Yes we cans!" of a gospel choir. 2010-01-21T17:20:00Z

Then it was on to the next order of business, as he invited his featured guest, the gospel and R&B singer BeBe Winans, to the stage. Music Review: Dave Koz and BeBe Winans at Bergen Performing Arts Center 2012-06-24T21:39:13Z

Ms. Lindsey and the rest in attendance were treated to a variety of different acts, from traditional gospel choirs to gospel-influenced R&B and hip-hop. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

After his recording career ended, Valens and his wife, Phyllis, toured the country performing gospel songs and skits at various functions. Ex-pop star Frankie Valens becomes Kansas pastor 2012-12-18T16:02:08Z

One Globalfest group brought both the spirit and the party: the Jones Family Singers, rip-roaring gospel performers from Texas who include five sisters, two brothers and their father, Bishop Fred A. Jones. Worlds and Rhythms Meet, in Euphoric Result 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

For a time I cherished them as gospel. The disgusting diet that brought us together 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z

Located in her birth city of New Orleans, the congregation drew stars of the gospel world from Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers to Mahalia Jackson. The Unstoppable Merry Clayton 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z

Saucer “contactees,” a group that gradually grew more numerous, would frequently testify to intimate body probes or sometimes announce that they were now apostles of a cosmic gospel of peace and love. ‘Flying Saucers Are Real!’: Womack’s new book looks at the heyday of UFO lore 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Bass-playing also gave Mingus an insight into the low sonorities and inner hamonies of jazz composition, and his melodic approach was profoundly influenced by the blues and gospel music of his childhood. Great moments in jazz: Charles Mingus's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 2010-09-06T15:46:00Z

And in numerous works words take over, quoting gospel music lyrics, the Bible and so forth. Nellie Mae Rowe Breaks Down the Wall Between Insider and Outsider Art 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

But when gospel left the church and entered the body — the black body — we called that soul. Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

In a 2013 article in the Atlantic, Twenge exposed the shaky bases of many of the facts often handed down to women as gospel. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Franklin, an 18-time Grammy winner and considered by many the greatest U.S. gospel and soul singer, died in August of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. Celine Dion, John Legend to perform at Aretha Franklin tribute concert 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

Her 1972 album, "Amazing Grace," has sold over 2 million copies and is one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time. Aretha Franklin going into Gospel Hall of Fame 2012-05-09T12:26:07Z

The concert will include the 250-member chorus singing holiday classics like “Sleigh Ride” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” but will also feature gospel songs, a David Bowie tribute and a karaoke singalong. Choruses’ warm embrace helps new director heal, body and soul, after a hit-and-run 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Its sensibility wasn’t quite rural, and it certainly wasn’t urban—though elements of soul and gospel flecked the record as well. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Balancing the old and the new, the solo albums Ward and King recorded for Bible & Tire have helped to re-establish the gospel scene in Memphis. A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

“The first thing I did was an instrumental, ‘On That Morning,’ an old gospel song by an unknown artist. Electric guitarist Robben Ford brings it home 2013-02-21T23:22:06Z

When Bigger’s mother tries to bolster her son’s scant faith by singing a gospel tune, Black Rat is there, recoiling and covering his ears. Review | ‘Native Son’ gets a 90-minute stage adaptation, with a Black Rat in Bigger’s ear 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

Directed by Al Samuels and Rob Lindley, the show barrels along with a score steeped in show tunes, R&B, gospel and Gilbert and Sullivan. Theater Review: ‘50 Shades! The Musical’ Parodies That Erotic Best Seller 2014-03-14T22:21:00Z

The performers “work five days a week and do three to five shows a day,” Bales says, and they are supplemented year-round by bluegrass, gospel and Christmastime festivals. Hooray for Dollywood 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

That show’s grand theatrical summation became a solemnly joyful, quasi-religious hymn of praise that fused Broadway and gospel traditions. Billy Porter Opens the American Songbook Series 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Emphasizing African-American contributions to circus arts, UniverSoul does its acts to hip-hop, R&B, soul and gospel. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

He fashions himself as the new Messiah, and speaks his every word as if it’s gospel. From Waco to Charles Manson: what TV gets wrong about cults 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

He learned piano while accompanying his mother's gospel singing, and his first influences were blues, hymns, swing, boogie and the "stride" piano style derived from ragtime. 50 great moments in jazz: The renaissance of Thelonious Monk 2010-04-29T15:28:00Z

On the lawn by Royce Hall, the gothic classical music venue, they gathered around and sang “Daniel Prayed,” an intricate call-and-response-style gospel tune. ArtsBeat: To Hear Doc Watson, You Really Had to See Him 2012-05-30T20:46:57Z

Frost was on record praising “Walden” as one of his favorite books because it was miraculously “a tale of adventure,” a “declaration of independence” and a “gospel of wisdom” all rolled into one. Thoreau’s Wilderness Legacy, Beyond the Shores of Walden Pond 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

In the third and final part, we’re told Adam and Eve will be happy so long as they don’t strive “more to know as know ye should,” not exactly Enlightenment gospel. Review: Haydn’s ‘Creation’: The Birth of All, With High Hopes at Mostly Mozart 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z

So on one hand, owners of mezcal bars are spreading the gospel, trying to educate the drinker about the spirit. Here, Try Some Mezcal. But Not Too Much. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

The play centers on a boys’ prep school and its gospel choir, and one enterprising student’s quest to lead it. Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ Heading to Broadway 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

When Hamrick asked if he would consider ending with a song, Cain complied, singing a verse of a favorite gospel song “He Looked Beyond My Faults.” Herman Cain claims 'witch hunt' 2011-10-31T19:37:00Z

"It's probably got wider appeal than gospel music." GMC TV changes name to UP to reflect programming 2013-05-31T18:55:09Z

The show’s cultural cache – documenting and spreading the gospel of not just music, but African-American dance, slang, hairstyles and fashion – was tied to Cornelius' acumen as a businessman. Don Cornelius: Peace, love, soul -- and civil rights 2012-02-02T00:29:00Z

Like the music at the Rambles, the new album is a mix of country, blues, gospel, and rock and roll. An Album, At Last 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

When he retires, he’ll also be retiring the biggest — and only — platform for both new and established gospel artists. ‘Bobby Jones Gospel’ and Its Strongest Voice Prepare to Say Farewell 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

Pianist Conal Fowkes was a favorite, adding ragtime, blues, gospel and saloon colors to the band's Dixieland sound, which ranged from whispered restraint to ecstatic chaos. Woody Allen's jazz band warmly received 2011-12-27T19:45:04Z

Thursday’s ordeal reifies that male indignation will be coddled, and the gospel of male success elevated. The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings Will Be Remembered As a Grotesque Display of Patriarchal Resentment 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

This is a version of the "prosperity gospel." Donald Trump’s “chaos magic”: Author Gary Lachman on the far right’s links to occult phil... 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

“I’ve done fashion Sunday brunches, gospel brunches and ate at local diners,” said Ms. Perry, of Black Southern Belle. H.B.C.U. Homecomings Are Canceled, but Students and Alumni Will Feast Anyway 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

It had lyrical grace, funk, gospel crescendos and gnashing collective improvisation; it also broke out into a unaccompanied solo passages for Mr. Washington and for the drummers, Mr. Austin and Ronald Bruner. Review: Kamasi Washington’s Spiritual Circle, Looking Inward 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

If you listen to gospel you’re going to feel thankful and you’re going to want to call up people that you hate and tell them that you love them. R. Kelly on His Single Ladies Tour, Bedroom Ballads and the Future of Trapped 2012-10-15T15:01:51Z

Under the influence of gospel and R&B; legend Sam Cooke, who signed the group to his personal label, Womack moved into secular music. Bobby Womack, singer with brave 2nd act, dies 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

With her parents’ help, Ms. Perry got a deal to record a gospel album in Nashville and went on a ministry tour of churches. Arts & Leisure Preview: Katy Perry, Pop Cartoon Sprung From the Playbook 2010-08-19T17:54:00Z

“We would eat there every Saturday and sing gospel songs around the holidays,” Lydia says. The New Sound of Muscle Shoals 2012-12-25T13:20:15.353Z

It was only around then, he said, that he felt confident enough to fuse his inheritance in spirituals and gospel with classical forms and idioms. The Composer Carlos Simon Is Busier, and More Honest, Than Ever 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

She began her singing career in the traditional setting of a gospel church choir, and at 15 sang backing vocals on Chaka Khan's 1978 soul hit I'm Every Woman. Whitney Houston: squandered talent of a singer who had it all 2012-02-12T17:13:58Z

"All Shook Up" becomes a gospel celebration, "King Creole" gets the dancehall treatment, flamenco guitar spices up "It's Now or Never," and "Jailhouse Rock" is rocked up. Cirque du Soleil's "Viva Elvis" outfabs Beatles 2010-02-21T23:34:00Z

Furious with Jesus's disciples and unwilling to participate in the version of history being assembled by the gospel writers, Tóibín's Mary is a powerful, unsparing figure, quite typical of her creator's singular imagination. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z

Blakey was a powerful drummer, and his Messengers espoused the gospel of hard bop. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

Your ascension in the gospel music industry is a unique story. BeBe Winans on God's favorite song — and his musical, 'Born for This' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

When my father was assigned to a post in Northern Ireland, the following year, I took my books with me, hoping to spread the gospel overseas. Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Now she’s releasing her first album of gospel music called “My Savior” on Friday, just in time for Easter. Carrie Underwood’s faith shines through on church hymns 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Delivering the human condition as though it were gospel, he distilled cosmic wisdom into a single line with the flick of his wrist. The Essential Gabriel García Márquez 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Even the ballads were played to the farthest seats; those songs might start quietly, but they’d ascend with two-fisted gospel chords and dramatically belted vocals. Music Review: Elton John in Concert at Madison Square Garden 2013-12-04T22:19:52Z

“It’s based on this one song written in the 1930s. We recorded it over 50 times with different musicians, everything from ragtime piano to gospel choir,” Aitken says. Sneak peek: Doug Aitken's 'Electric Earth' will shake the MOCA landscape 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

She follows this thread throughout her first Christmas album, flipping gospel standards like “The First Noel” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” into bouncy modern soul with cross-generational appeal. 15 Fresh Takes on a Classic Tradition: The Holiday Album 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

“It’s 2 in the morning and he’s had a few, whatever, Jamesons, and he’s like, ‘We should go and drive in the heart of American music, the heart of gospel and soul,’ ” Mr. Ronson recalled. Mark Ronson’s Fourth Solo Album, ‘Uptown Special,’ Is a Star Collaboration 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

“He liked a lot of records and a lot of artists — not just popular artists but the ‘bubbling under’ artists too-and was sensitive to music, whether it was jazz or gospel or blues or pop. Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

There are several other women who could have been mentioned, but Matthew, or whoever wrote that gospel, seemed to be focusing on women who were involved in some kind of sexual impropriety. “The Virgin Mary was actually a prostitute”: Cartoonist Chester Brown wants to open a debate about sex work, Jesus and the Bible 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

"It's got everything I love about American music – gospel, soul, country." Elton John's The Diving Board set for September splash 2013-02-25T12:05:28Z

The group lines up somewhere near the shared border of popular country, radio gospel, straight-ahead jazz and New Age. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Although the question of whether Broccoli City’s gospel truly reached beyond its followers inside the venue remains, its latest festival lived up to its aggrandized hype. Broccoli City Festival promotes health and sustainability with music 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Even in a bebop setting, he favored the ringing tonalities of the gospel church. Ray Bryant, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 79 2011-06-04T04:45:24Z

Both her mother, Martha, and her grandmother were professional gospel singers. Fontella Bass obituary 2012-12-28T13:51:36Z

The same audience that watched the Braxtons tuned into "Mary Mary," a series featuring the gospel sister act of the same name that is now in its third season. R&B singers and reality television are in tune with each other 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

With the help of producers Chucky Thompson and James McKinney, Brown and the band use soul, hip-hop and gospel as a way to urge listeners to remain positive. Winding it up again for the Godfather of Go-Go

“To justify this shrinkage of government services, the gospel of market fundamentalism glorifies individualism and individual responsibility as if they were sacraments,” Douglas observes. Stop Telling Older Women to Step Aside 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

He liked gospel, country, classical, rock, R&B and jazz. "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President": A loving relationship to music that "cuts through politics" 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

Left in charge, C.L. cultivated his daughter’s talent and began taking her on rowdy gospel tours from age 12. In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

While Walker preps for the gospel center’s opening and continues as a student, he’s also working on a new album, which he expects to release in October. Hezekiah Walker looks to bring gospel music center to HBCU 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

The ingredients and proportions always change, but in the interest of spreading the fresh-is-best gospel, a recipe was agreed upon and recorded. Bloody mary, we can do you one (or two) better 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z

“We’re trying to capture that spirit. You just don’t hear that spirit in a lot of modern gospel.” A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z