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 ...

But the Easter special was a reminder of how the church influences mainstream music. At the time, American Idol was in its eighth season, and it was the singular singing competition in the burgeoning ...

CHESAPEAKE — Some families are concerned about a concert Monday evening at Western Branch High School because it included religious songs. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter Oct. 10 to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: ...

I'll never forget the first time Brian Wilson made me see God. It was 1973, and I was sitting in the mostly empty balcony of a second-run movie theater finally watching "American Graffiti," the movie ...

Religious leaders from Detroit explore the history and influence of Black religious music. One Detroit contributor Stephen Henderson talks with Rev. Larry Simmons of Baber Memorial AME Church and Dr.

For anyone attending a contemporary African American worship service, the experience carries “an expectation of participation,” said the Rev. Derrick Hammond, pastor of Oak Valley Baptist Church in ...

Sage Chapel, the first nonsectarian chapel at any college or university in the U.S., has celebrated higher education and served as a hub for student worship and music groups through the years. Though ...

NEW YORK — It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: Christian and ...