Mariah Carey has blended pop, R&B, gospel and hip-hop into hit songs over five decades. But it was hearing a couple of cuts off her 1990s secret grunge album that had the ...

Hardy, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, and Tim McGraw debut the superstar collaboration “McArthur” inside the iTunes Top Songs top 10 as a fast bestseller.

This week's Notable Releases include Joyce Manor, Injury Reserve offshoot By Storm, jazz vibraphonist Joel Ross, and more.

This week’s Indie Basement Classic is an ugly beautiful thing that turns 30 this year. For more of this week’s new albums, Andrew reviews Joyce Manor, By Storm, Red Sun and more in Notable Releases. I ...

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

With its roots in the '60s and the honky-tonk style forged by Hank Williams, outlaw country music began to snowball in the early '70s as more and more artists bristled against the genre's ...

Stage cleared, the campground emptied, Country Jam ranch fell silent in late June, another music festival in the books. But three months later, the quiet gave way to a rather loud social media ...

Singer Richard Smallwood performs onstage during BET Celebration of Gospel 2014 at Orpheum Theatre on March 15, 2014, in Los Angeles. Singer Richard Smallwood performs onstage during BET Celebration ...

Richard Smallwood, the eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer, has died. He was 77. A representative for Smallwood confirmed the "Total Praise" musician died on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at ...

Legendary gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77 due to complications from kidney failure, his publicist Bill Carpenter, confirmed to the Washington Post. Carpenter says Smallwood had long ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Richard Smallwood, a singer and pianist best known for his contemporary gospel music hit “Total Praise,” died Tuesday (Dec. 30). Smallwood was 77. He died of complications of kidney failure at ...