Director Tazewell Thompson has taken an a capella musical he created in 2019 about the original Fisk Jubilee Singers and ...

Les Reagan is a well-known Augusta musician. He is the founding director of The Augusta Broadway Singers (TABS). Now, he has ...

For the first time, traditional Negro spirituals will be sung as an opera, when Seattle Opera hosts the world premiere of ...

In 2017, Denise S. Young released her first single, "Come Sunday," an interpretation of Duke Ellington's classic hymn. This ...

But the genius of spirituals lies in how they were composed. “Because it’s been coded in this sort of typical upbeat fashion, you could sing it in more public places without drawing attention to the ...

Spirituals came out of the cargo holds that brought enslaved people from Africa, helped sustain them as they worked long hours in hard conditions, served as a balm when tragedy struck their ...

Let Not (Your Heart Be Troubled); Like A Woman; Reborn; Man On A Boat; When The Game Is Played On You; The City; Matter Of Time; If I Told You; No One Can Love Me (Like You Do); Someday We'll Be Free; ...

When nine students and a music professor set off on a fundraising tour from Fisk University in Tennessee in 1871, they had no idea what lay ahead. They just hoped their talents as singers and the ...

TheGrio spotlights Black gospel artists shaping the genre with powerful voices and unwavering faith, from legends to rising ...

Researchers are looking for participants for a one-day, one-session 20-30-minute taste test. You will be compensated with a $20 Amazon electronic gift card upon the completion of the test.

The ARISE Ensemble from Wichita, Kansas, will be special musical guests for the 45th season opener of the Ambassadors’ ...

Arriving November 15th, both albums will be available on audiophile-quality, 180-gram vinyl—in partnership with Acoustic ...