FORT WORTH, Texas — Gospel legend and Fort Worth native Kirk Franklin will receive the Black Music Icon Award next week ahead of the 2025 Grammys. Franklin will receive the award, which celebrates ...

Black people are spiritual beings, which contributes to our deep connection to gospel music. A 2021 Pew Research survey found that “belief in the divine is close to universal among Black Americans.” ...

because even though she was a gospel singer, she appealed to the masses so much. So that's what you're doing with Black magic, because you're taking these songs and giving giving them the makeover ...

And the Black guests who have appeared on the show ... Singer and the prolific singer graced the stage with various old school bangers such as “At Last” by Etta James and “A Man’s World ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Reflecting on a transformative residency program, the jazz vocalist now nominated for her first Grammy Award says her album ...

In 2006, the William Penn Senior High School ... popular music of the day. “I didn’t know how much we were appreciated by people,” he told the interviewer. “I was 20 years old.” ...

At just 15 years old, she burst ... genres, from gospel to kwaito and Afro-pop, leaving an indelible mark with each venture. And even 24 years after she released her song “Live My Life ...

At 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, “Our American Roots” will present the amazing Amythyst Kiah, a woman who defines American roots music in this fifth century of the American Experience, to the Oak Ridge ...