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Legendary black church choirs you need to know
This Black Music Month, we’re honoring the Black church choirs whose voices have helped define gospel music for generations.
The 41st annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards will spotlight the range of Black gospel music, from John P. Kee and ...
Gwen Davis sings at Berean Baptist Church in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (Fiona Murphy/Religion News Service via AP) NEW YORK (RNS) — On Sunday ...
Before it filled sanctuaries or concert halls, collective Black singing carried coded messages, community, and survival. The Black choir didn't start in church. It started in captivity. Dr. Daniel ...
ST. LOUIS – The Community Gospel Choir is hosting the Gospel Roots Concert on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Friendly Temple in Black Jack, celebrating Black history through gospel music. The 60-voice ensemble ...
Go behind the scenes with Stanley Thurston and the new Heritage Signature Chorale Chamber Singers. Go behind the scenes with conductor Stanley Thurston as he and the new Heritage Signature Chorale ...
As gentrification, declining attendance and pandemic-era shifts reshape Brooklyn’s Black churches, choirs work to preserve music traditions. On Sunday mornings in Brooklyn, nicknamed the borough of ...
EDITORS’ NOTE: The Sunday streets of the borough of churches still vibrate with gospel chords, yet inside many of Brooklyn’s storied Black sanctuaries, the choir lofts have thinned dramatically.
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