Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...

On a warm and sunny June afternoon in Midtown St. Louis, a quartet of local jazz musicians are arrayed in a loose circle, ...

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The Recording Academy will mark the 25th anniversary of its P&E Wing and honor Jimmy Douglass at its annual event, which is ...

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Songs credited to an artist named Solomon Ray entered iTunes’ Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week — but the hits weren’t created by a human. Ray’s voice, lyrics and persona were ...

The devil is in the details. An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has taken the gospel music world by storm after topping the iTunes and Billboard charts with his album “Faithful Soul.” ...

Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...