There’s something about listening to great old-school style gospel songs that always seems to revive a tired soul. Over the years, gospel music’s most beloved vocalists have served up songs that have ...

Forrest Frank, whose hit song “Your Way’s Better” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart earlier this year, ...

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOSTON (AP) — She made a single gospel soul ...

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

Back again this season after their first performance in 2023, the Northshore Gospel Choir will return to the Dew Drop’s ...

"It's soul music without the sex," says Bruce Watson, general manager of the stalwart Mississippi indie label Fat Possum, of the new, gospel-focused imprint that he and Big Legal Mess Recordings are ...

Bobby Womack, a prolific gospel-soul singer who also wrote songs recorded by the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, George Benson and others, died Friday. He was 70. A representative from his label, XL ...

Post-war black gospel music shaped soul sounds through the mid-1970s, but it's increasingly hard to find today. Rock historian Ed Ward discusses a few recent gospel reissues. This is FRESH AIR.