Kierra Sheard came from a musical family. Her mother, Karen Sheard, and three aunts were part of the Grammy Award winning gospel girl group the Clark Sisters. At nine years old, she secured the Best ...

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THE inspiring sounds of Umoja, Sarafino and Ladysmith Black Mambazo have paved the way for the latest African singing sensation. The London-African Gospel Choir (LAGC) has attracted elite gospel ...

Six choirs, including the SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir and Cortland A Cappella, will raise their voices in celebration at the 25th SUNY Cortland African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 7, ...

Gospel music has always played a big role in American culture. Now, the music's wide-ranging history is being celebrated at ...

Voices of praise will ring out in Cortland from two newcomer guest choirs, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers of Ithaca, N.Y., and the Promise Land Church of Syracuse (N.Y.), during SUNY Cortland’s ...

There’s something about listening to great old-school style gospel songs that always seems to revive a tired soul. Over the years, gospel music’s most beloved vocalists have served up songs that have ...

Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. The concert of the Echo Singers documented in the Program in African American Culture Collection ...

Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture Collection highlighted the exceptional talent of one of the ...

From Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift to the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, Billboard rounds up 12 movie soundtracks that include original songs by African… By Heran Mamo African artists ...

The African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, one of the area’s premier arts training institutions, will kick off Black History Month with a celebration of African-American spirituals presented by local ...