When one thinks of the instrumentation of the average rock band, the usual suspects come to mind: guitar, bass, drums, vocals, perhaps a keyboardist or a few horns thrown in. How about some violin?

“If I knew you were here, I’d played a little Kirk Franklin,’’ the MC joked, referring to the popular gospel artist. Lee, 56, was in his old stomping ground. He grew up on go-go music ...

Mark De-Lisser introduces uplifting gospel hymns and songs and explores the meaning behind the music, meeting people at the heart of the gospel community. Show more Renowned choir director Mark De ...

Siri, play “Another One Bites The Dust”? A recent survey conducted by end-of-life care charity Marie Curie revealed the ten songs people request during their final moments — and the number ...

In November 2023, COP Fosu Agyeman composed and released his first gospel song, marking the beginning of his professional music career. His single, W’adom, is now available across all social ...

Moon Music is the 10 th of an envisioned ... with its gently squiggling gospel keys and honeyed guitar twangs the warm, southern breeze on which he hangs his words. And those words ring true ...

Unlike gospel music sung in church, blues reflected their real lives and real feelings, said Maie Smith, group tour manager and operations manager at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale ...

Though slavery had technically ended, many Black Americans remained in unfair and oppressive working conditions at the turn of the 20th century. Unlike gospel music sung in church, blues reflected ...

Her more than seven-decade career in music and entertainment will remain ... becoming one of the first gospel groups to have an album released on a major label. Need a break?

In the below list of the Top 35 Southern Rock Songs, as chosen by the UCR staff, the twin pillars of the music - the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd - are well-represented, checking in ...

Robert Darden, a professor of journalism at Baylor University and the author of several books on gospel music, said Ms. Houston was “a significant figure not because she sold a lot of records ...