Jonathan Ellwanger leads Burlington’s first year-round community gospel choir, which will celebrate the civil rights leader at Champlain College.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.

Last month, Donald Lawrence, an acclaimed gospel veteran with a half-dozen hits, attended a preview party for Kanye West‘s Jesus Is King album at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. “He did a song ...

Legacy, the Christian Tabernacle Concert Choir’s first release in 20 years, is a joyous collection of gospel songs and hymns, including many from the Chicago group’s original repertory. Dedicated to ...

On a Sunday night in September, beautiful music filled the empty church. A group of singers had gathered. They came from several local choirs for one common reason: to share their voices in song ...

A Kansas choir teacher got pushback from the Freedom From Religion Foundation after leading her students in a spiritual often interpreted as a plea for release from slavery. A choir teacher in Goddard ...

Christ the Lord is risen today ... allelujah, allelujah, allelujah ... In various versions, the music of Easter is rising from the rooftops of Christian churches today. And for legions of people who ...

He became one of the country's biggest names in gospel, with songs that were covered by Destiny's Child, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder.

How the Great Migration changed music in the black church forever. In the 1920s, Chicago’s first African American congregations were at a crossroads. After decades of investment, the churches and ...

He sold millions of albums with the Richard Smallwood Singers, and his songs, many influenced by classical music, were ...

Over the years, Kenya has produced great church choirs under the directorship of impassioned choir directors. There are various church choirs, but a few stand out for singing their hearts out. Six ...

Dr. S. Carver Davenport celebrates 50 years at Dillard University, becoming the longest-serving choral director in HBCU history.