28 Search results for "gospel music"

Kui Mwai On October 12, Howard students awoke to a 6 AM email from the university’s administration with a special announcement. Controversial rap legend Kanye West would be performing his infamous Sunday Service, a choral performance of his gospel-infused discography, in the Yard that very morning, in accompaniment with the many celebrities that perform during […]

By: Kelvin L. Easiley, Jr. Where does one seek solace when faith fails? Where do the lost find shelter when the leaders that claim to love them preach “death and hell fire” for the simple act of existing? When the music that once soothed and brought peace only sounds like a cacophony of chaos and […]

Gospel music has been an important part of America’s backbone for as far back as one could go. Even so, up until recently, one couldn’t get a bachelor’s degree in gospel performance until very recently, when Nyack College in New York became the first school to offer it as a major.

By: George M. Johnson No one is free unless the black Trans woman is free. I imagine these are the words that will ring out of the mouths of every preacher and Black person in this nation when we finally reach the day of liberation.  A day that will likely never come in my lifetime, […]

Newark Black Film Festival Starts Wednesday Carol Selam, Westward Patch, June 26, 2011 Merlene Davis: Teens need to show leadership Merlene Davis, Herald Columist, June 26, 2011 Teens help in Pleasant Grove recovery effort Staff Writer, ALA 2, June 26, 2011 Does Barack Obama Deserve the Black Vote in 2012? Robert Oliver, EurWeb, June 25, […]

  The homosexuality controversy in black faith communities has reached a feverish pitch, especially with Tonéx’s and Donnie McClurkin’s recent admissions. Probably most renowned for the rumors regarding their sexuality, these two black gospel singers have become the centerpiece to the debate of the role homosexuals should play in black faith communities.  Unfortunately both men’s […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skIbv11vkH4 When I was a child, I lived with my grandmother for 6 years of my life. I had to deal with the old traditionalist methods of coming inside when the streets lights came on or only listening to gospel music on Sundays. Yesterday my grandmother turned 78, and she is still as lively as […]

Week One: Penelope French Introducing Penelope French (she/ he/ they) — the gypsy soul healer and Soul Empress whose music carries a lineage shaped by Black struggle, memory, and imagination. Raised in Lansing, Michigan, French grew up surrounded by the sounds of Motown, gospel quartets, and soul traditions that have long carried the emotional and […]

by Khaaliq Crowder Growing up, my pop culture interests were always unapologetically aligned with everything Black. From owning CDs by late 90s/early 2000s artists such as Destiny’s Child, Aaliyah, and Janet Jackson, to watching marathons of sitcoms like Moesha and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, to being introduced to the classic group The Jackson 5 via […]

Remembered as the undisputed “Queen of Soul”, musical legend, Aretha Franklin, passed away Thursday morning after her long battle with pancreatic cancer. Franklin was 76 years young.

Donald Glover, the actor and musician who performs under the moniker “Childish Gambino,” released a noteworthy and controversial music video this past weekend named “This is America.” Gambino has been lauded as an exceptional producer and actor for his hip-hop comedy show, Atlanta, as the artist behind the hit “Redbone,” and for his work on […]

Della Reese, accomplished jazz, R&B, Gospel singer, and actress was mourned all across social media when the news that she passed away broke. Perhaps best known for her role as Tess, a heavenly messenger on CBS’ Touched by an Angel television series or as Vera, a 1920’s era Madam, in the 1989 film Harlem Nights. […]