Across denominations, praise and worship music can be found both in Sunday morning church services and on Spotify playlists.

The Spirit is at work, but so are the mechanisms around high-production sets. “Bigger!” said the voice in my in-ear monitor. I was on stage in a dark room, nearly blinded by spotlights. It was my ...

Worship through music is a way to cross cultural divides and understand others around us, says composer Cynthia Wilson. It brings together people’s various situations and encourages them “to respect ...

(RNS) — A new study looked at how worship leaders pick music for services — at a time when a handful of megachurches dominate the market. (RNS) — For the past decade, a handful of megachurches have ...

When 50,000 Catholics recently gathered in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, one of the powerful voices leading the praise and worship music was Sarah Kroger, a 37-year-old Nashville ...

On a Saturday night last month, about a half-mile from a mural featuring Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, and John Coltrane, a trio led by pianist Danny Mixon warmed up with the show ...

Planetshakers has been making its way from Melbourne into the States because, honestly, this is not your Mom's church any more. After years of watching the evolution of the worship music and ...

Five praise music songwriters on how they handle criticism, work together, and seek to reach Gen Z through their work. Jiang Shaolong, Cui Yu, Jane Hao, Chen Ming, and Luan Xin all grew up in China ...

Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies, as praise music and prayer blend with political anger over vaccines and the 2020 election. By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham ...