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

While gospel music can be traced back to the early 17th century, black gospel music really took shape in the late 18th century, when slaves began converting to Christianity and proclaiming their faith ...

Over the past two decades, Baylor University's Black Gospel Archive has collected and digitized more than 60,000 gospel songs, making it one of the largest digital gospel collections in the world. The ...

Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) —The interplay between song and sermon — and the importance of both in Black churches — is the focus of a new docuseries created by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. “Gospel” premieres on ...

Gospel music is more than just a genre; it is a spiritual experience that transcends time and space. For centuries, believers have turned to gospel music to deepen their faith, find solace in ...