“I keep it classic and simple, and as southern as possible,” says Gerald Lee Ricks, owner of Calvert County’s newest food truck, The Gospel Chick. Ricks celebrated his food truck’s grand opening Dec.

This month, Thomas A. Dorsey’s song “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” turns 90 years old. One of the most beloved gospel songs of all time, it has been recorded by Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley and ...

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For one of Southern gospel's classic groups, the Kingsmen Quartet, the music may change but the message has always stayed the same. The Kingsmen (not to be confused with '60s group behind "Louie Louie ...

Gospel legend CeCe Winans is returning to her native Detroit, Michigan, for the Lions’ 86th annual Thanksgiving Day Classic.

The Queen of Soul has finally returned home. Before being laid to rest at Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery later today, Aretha Franklin’s life and legacy are being celebrated this afternoon during a ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.

A renowned poet has a new album out Friday titled “The Gospel According To Nikki Giovanni.” In addition to publishing dozens of poetry works, Nikki Giovanni has recorded several spoken word albums ...

There are some gospel songs that we feel like we were born knowing. Whether we learned them in choir rehearsal on Wednesday night, listening to Big Mama hum or watching our favorite films, these songs ...

INNER CITY: (Singing) Let me take you to a place I know you want to go. It's a good life, yeah. SHAPIRO: It's called "Good Life," by Inner City. Music producer Dennis White, aka Latroit, was part of ...