The music legend, who will receive the Black Music Icon Award ahead of the 2025 Grammys, has been critically praised and panned for his style of gospel music.

Black people are spiritual beings, which contributes to our deep connection to gospel music. A 2021 Pew Research survey found ...

October 20, 2024 • Deep-voiced Jimmy Jones was one of the few lead bass singers to lead his own group – the Sensationals – in the history of gospel music.

Baylor University's Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center has received a $2.5 million grant, paving the way for ...

The expansion will elevate Baylor as a national hub of Black gospel music and church studies, said Jeffry Archer, Baylor's ...

Fort Worth’s Kirk Franklin will be honored with the Black Music Icon Award at a Recording Academy event in Los Angeles on Jan ...

A festival aimed at amplifying Black music and artists, returns to Charlotte. The annual Black Notes Project will make its ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Gospel legend and Fort Worth native Kirk Franklin will receive the Black Music Icon Award next week ahead of the 2025 Grammys. Franklin will receive the award, which celebrates ...

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with an hour of gospel music from artists who performed on the Avenue, as we explore ...