Gospel News Archives

Ira Tucker Sr., longtime lead singer of the gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds, which influenced many other performers and backed up Paul Simon on Loves Me Like a Rock, has died.

An arts and cultural festival that began 13 years ago as an attempt to fill a tourism gap between the Reno Rodeo in June and the Hot August Nights car rally is coming of age as a key component of civic leaders' ...

The Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation--a federally-recognized non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance to disadvantaged children in the Rector school system--will host an ...

T he African Children's Choir gave a spirited performance before an adoring audience outside St.

Musicians Kanye West and Alicia Keys, along with actors Denzel Washington and Halle Berry were among the big winners at the Black Entertainment Television Awards Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Along with Kirk Franklin and Yolanda Adams, William Becton is another gospel artist who made waves on both the religious and popular charts, with fans of gospel as well as secular listeners who don't know about ...

The Shekinah Glory Ministry is a praise-and-worship collective connected with Valley Kingdom Ministries International, a non-denominational church based in the Chicago area, and includes a cast of musicians, ...

Gospel saxophonist Angella Christie got her start opening for acts including BeBe & CeCe Winans, John P. Kee and Shirley Caesar; after appearing on sessions including Yolanda Adams' 1991 album Riding Through ...

Mary Mary is the sisterly duo of Erica and Tina Atkins, who grew up in Inglewood, CA in a family that also comprised five other sisters and a brother.

Members of the local chapter of the NAACP came together to discuss concerns about youth gangs at the Jankowski Community Center on Saturday.

A point of pride for the Clearwater Festival Great Hudson River Revival has always been the music.

Televangelist Juanita Bynum and husband Thomas W. Weeks ended their marriage in divorce court Friday, several months after an altercation in a hotel parking lot landed Weeks in jail on charges he choked and ...

Detroit-born brother and sister BeBe and CeCe Winans are part of the gospel-singing Winans family that also includes the Winans, their four brothers.

Donnie McClurkin is a gospel vocalist with the soul of AndraA© Crouch and the contemporary flair of Kirk Franklin.

One of the most renowned and widely respected pioneers of contemporary gospel music remains Andrae Crouch.

Since his debut, 1993's Kirk Franklin & the Family, Kirk Franklin has been one of the brightest stars in contemporary gospel music.

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 12, 2008 .- Benedict XVI says bishops need to live the beatitudes, so that their people who suffer poverty or discrimination can find in the prelates' guidance the faith to recognize God's ...

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL prefers the pen to the computer; it was not that long ago that he was resisting the mobile phone and email.

Barack Obama discussed Darfur, the Iraq war, gay rights, abortion and other issues Tuesday with Christian leaders, including conservatives who have been criticized for praising the Democratic presidential ...

The Gospel Music Association 's "songwriter of the year" for four consecutive years, Gerald Crabb has led the Crabb Family, featuring his wife, Kathy and six of their seven children, to the upper-echelon of ...

One of the most successful songwriters in all of Christian music, Bill Gaither was an original member of the renowned gospel music act the Gaither Trio .

The best things in life are free ... with a view of the lake and skyline. See for yourself.

Doo-Wop fans put on your dancing shoes and head to the Villages Amphitheater on June 14 to hear some of the classic hits that made Little Anthony & the Imperials group famous.

We're knee-deep into Depression 2.0. We're running out of jobs, and we're overwhelmed with the amount of people looking for them.

Not much is known about the early days of the King's Men quintet, an old-time Southern gospel act who are not to be confused with the Portland, OR-based garage band the Kingsmen .

The Bolivian government has nationalised the fuel transport company Transredes, a subsidiary of British firm Ashmore and the Anglo-Dutch company Shell.

For the first time, officials with Kenneth Copeland Ministries are talking publicly about an investigation into the church's spending habits.

Kenneth Copeland's message has been broadcast to millions of faithful viewers. He is considered a heavy hitter among television evangelists. But this Pentecostal preacher, with a mega-ministry based 25 miles northwest of Fort Worth, Texas is facing a senate committee investigation.

"Where in the Bible does it say you should have watch dogs and judgment groups that watch over ministries?" asked John Copeland, Kenneth Copeland's son and Chief Executive Officer of Kenneth Copeland Ministries.

The Staple Singers did nothing less than modernize gospel music. They are the next evolutionary step after Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, all churchgoers that etched humanity into hymns and gave hips to ...

Shasha Adao and other young ladies sang along to a Hannah Montana tune blasting from a stereo system and danced to a pop-rocking rhythm.