October 20, 2024 • Deep-voiced Jimmy Jones was one of the few lead bass singers to lead his own group – the Sensationals – in the history of gospel music.

The rich lineage of gospel music began in earnest as a young man named Thomas Dorsey came to Chicago during the Great Migration,” WTTW, Chicago’s PBS television station reported. Dorsey has ...

The rich lineage of gospel music began in earnest as a young man named Thomas Dorsey came to Chicago during the Great Migration,” WTTW, Chicago’s PBS television station reported. Dorsey has earned the ...

Geezer Butler is one of the great riff-meisters in rock, the main writer of a lot of Black Sabbath’s music, and a creator of the heavy-metal bass template: play only what’s absolutely ...

Joe Richard, 57, previously billed himself as an outlaw country gospel singer. He now has a recording contract and is making ...

Known as Daddy G, he recorded with Jackie Wilson, Chuck Willis and others, but he was best known for the Gary U.S. Bonds ...

Zulu’s musical career was further enriched by his work with Freedom Sengwayo, whose encouragement and mentorship helped him ...

One of the most inventive musical pop collaborations of recent time occurred in 1981, when Louis Clark of the Electric Light ...

Shontaviar Beasley: Yeah, I think most of it that's in the South and in this area, in the Mississippi area, where a lot of the great gospel singers in the southeastern region of the United States.

It has been seven years since gospel singer and minister Carlene Davis released an album. That drought will come to an end ...

From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...