UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (RNS) — Smallwood, an eight-time Grammy nominee, died on Dec. 30, at age 77 of complications from ...

Late gospel singer Omije Ojumi was laid to rest in Lagos, and the full burial video showing her children and family bidding ...

Christian and gospel music singer CeCe Winans is the most decorated female artist in gospel music. The "Believe For It" ...

Emotions ran high on Thursday, January 29, 2026, during the burial of late gospel singer, Bunmi Akinnaanu, at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos State, following a family confrontation that has since ...

A heartfelt farewell to gospel artist Richard Smallwood, filled with music, memories, and messages of faith, celebrated his life and legacy.

Featuring Modern Woman's visceral intensity, OHYUNG's tape hiss hymn, and Joshua Chuquimia Crampton's textured trance.

Workshop Theatre in Columbia, SC, is staging “Crowns,” about Black women in the Southern church and their connection to hats.

The sounds of Watch Night services in Black churches have long begun or culminated with “Total Praise” — one of many proofs of the musical genius of gospel music composer, singer, choir director and ...

The new song's composer thought it could be a way to again hear from Black churches, collectively, about civil rights.

While churches praise God from whom all blessings flow, they don’t praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Trinity almost never comes up in the songs sung by American Christians, according to a new ...

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