Two past hits, a holiday favorite, a play new to Sarasota and an original musical about traditions are part of Westcoast ...

Never heard of this guy.” This innocuous dismissal appeared — where else? — in the comments section of a YouTube video announcing that Oakland homegrown R&B superstar Raphael Saadiq was going to ...

John L. Hanson Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan. Growing up in the ’60s the radio was the first thing he heard in the morning and the last thing he heard at night t ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 26th season will be a celebration of the “Soul Of A People.” In its 2025-2026 theatre season ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the legacy of incarcerated Nashville soul pioneers Johnny Bragg and The Prisonaires.

Rapper Fameye has called for prayers for embattled veteran rapper Okomfour Kwadee as videos of the latter take over social media raising concerns about his health.

No gospel music artist has had more of a seismic impact on Christian music over the last 100 years than Bill Gaither ...

It's hard to imagine a more potent combination of blues and gospel talent than The Blind Boys of Alabama and Shemekia ...

The "Goodies" star has a 20-plus-year career, an enviable home life with Russell Wilson, and a master class in perseverance: ...

Central Virginia Angel Hearts presents the 21st annual Geri Smoot Winter Angel Benefit Concert, Saturday, February 15, 6:00 p.m., at Spring Hill Community Church (formerly Mead Memorial UMC), 13317 Wa ...

For Culpepper, who signed with Big Loud Records (home to Morgan Wallen and Charles Wesley Godwin) in 2024, that intertwining is natural, given his musical roots embedded in a small-town church in ...

We spoke to Robert Randolph, The Teskey brothers, Taj Farrant and , Kanchan Daniel, about the past and future of blues.