1. “Jesus Is Real” “Jesus Is Real” remains one of the most defining songs in John P. Kee’s catalog. Released in the early ‘90s, it showcases the raw, heartfelt conviction that Kee is ...

In African American gospel music, new sounds and idioms have always emerged, and sometimes they were integrated amid ...

He was ordained a minister in 1949 in Chicago, and through the 1970s he recorded gospel music and worked on religious programs on television and radio. His last album, “Great R&B; Oldies,” in ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with CeCe Winans, the best-selling female gospel artist in history, about her Tiny Desk performance and Black Music Month.

As a staple of R&B, soul and gospel since the late-'90s, first as a backup and guest singer for such formidable artists as Mariah Carey ("Fantasy"), Notorious B.I. G. ("Mo Money Mo Problems") and ...

“My daddy was a gospel singer and my brothers were professional gospel singers,” said Melvin Booker, founding vocalist of the San Francisco gospel quartet the West Coast Spiritual Corinthians ...