Terrence Richburg is known in musical circles as a bassist's bassist. Hailed by Grammy, Dove & Stellar Award winning producer Steven Ford as “one of gospel music's best kept secrets, “ Richburg has ...
A Big Freedia show is typically a twerk-a-thon of booty-bouncing dancers. But throughout the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, fans have seen a different side of the Queen of Bounce. This ...
Student performances in drama and music — plus an annual crowd-pleasing event for children with special needs — are among the highlights of the spring 2025 season at North Central College in ...
Renowned saxophonist Kirk Whalum and Berks County’s own Reading Choral Society, directed by Graham Bier, will collaborate during the popular “Gospel According to Jazz!” concert, back this year for ...
Oakland’s own Father of Gospel, Hawkins, still influences 21st century music with his Grammy-winning hit "Oh Happy Day," as ...
Kirk Whalum is a multi-Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist and composer whose work has spanned multiple genres, expressions, and platforms. He has to his credit the "most listened to" sax solo in ...
Before she was known as The SoulfulPsalmist, Charlena Nutall had to search within her artistry and faith to find a place in music where she felt she belonged. "I go where God sends me," said Nutall, a ...
Just a minute or two after the Shades of Praise choir finished their rousing set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Gospel Tent Friday, an announcer took to the microphone to broadcast the ...
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival each spring is known for hosting some of the world's most famous jazz, funk and rock acts. Yet it's also become a showcase for lesser-known ...
With their new album Rhapsody, the extraordinary vocalists Ifedayo Gatling, Dennis Bailey, and George Marage are able to fully explore the entire range of music that influenced them. The follow-up to ...
Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...