Kirk Franklin, Charley Crockett, Jimmie Vaughan and the Dallas String Quartet all have a shot at bringing home a prize at the ...

Encore Live, a new Sarasota venue, will close out their opening weekend with a concert by rock supergroup Close Enemies. The ...

Smallwood died at the age of 77 from complications of kidney failure on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer whose music has been covered by Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston, has died. He was 77. A rep for Smallwood confirmed to Variety that he died of ...

Richard Smallwood, a revered singer and songwriter who scored a dozen Top 10 albums and four No. 1s on the Billboard gospel chart and amassed eight Grammy nominations during his long career, died ...

Richard Smallwood, the legendary gospel composer and worship leader whose music shaped generations of churchgoing Black folks — and crossed into mainstream culture through voices like Whitney Houston ...

Goldwire McLendon, a gospel singer, minister and a BET “Sunday Best” finalist died Wednesday, Dec. 17, his wife announced on social media. He was 95. McLendon had spent nearly 70 years ministering ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new ...

*Tasha Cobbs Leonard and John Legend’s collaboration “Church” soared to No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart dated Nov. 29, moving up from 3-1. According to Luminate, the track saw a 15% increase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Honoree, Tasha Cobbs Leonard attends the 14th Annual Merge Awards presented by Walt Disney World Resort, in collaboration with ...

So Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash walk into a recording studio ... It's not the opening of a joke, it's an actual description of a momentous moment in music history. On ...

Columbus North’s Jace Works approaches the finish line to win the boys race in in the Brown County Sectional Oct. 18 at Eagle Park. Four Columbus North seniors have experienced the heartbreak of sixth ...