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"Lift Every Voice and Sing," written in 1900, is rooted in American history. But its performance at the NFL Draft was not without controversy.
Gospel has been an integral part of Jazz Fest since it began in 1970, headlined by gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. Students ...
Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong’s Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century.
It was 1919 and George and Minnie Kinney, along with their 12-year-old son Richard ... the organization of the first Black ...
A third-century Christian hymn is being revived for a modern audience. Known as The First Hymn, the song was discovered over 100 years ago on a scrap of papyrus in the Egyptian desert. The fragment, ...
LA MIRADA, Calif. — In ancient Egyptian ruins on a scrap of tattered papyrus, archeologists found written remnants of a Christian hymn long buried by desert sand. The discovery was sealed in a ...
While the song is dubbed ‘The First Hymn’, the New Testament itself is thought to contain fragments of hymns sung by the earliest Christian congregations. Dickson explained that “this is a song from ...
Jordan in a dual performance that feels both intimate and grand. The twins, Smoke and Stack, come back to town hoping for peace but end up in a gospel horror show with vampires, racism, and trauma ...
Upon a closer look, Pugh found that most of the messages contained videos of Canaan James Hill, a 17-year-old aspiring preacher ... with a praise team. The Black gospel experience used to be ...
On Friday, April 4, 25-year-old Christian Roe was arrested at a house near Northwest 4th and N Classen Boulevard. Officials believe he provided the drugs that led to the victim's death.