NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tucker has been in and around Hollywood since college (UCLA). A chance meeting at a barbeque produced the opportunity to co-write a script...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — After decades spent as the reigning Queen of Disco, Gloria Gaynor is announcing the release of her new gospel album, Testimony (June...
Lifting spirits and encouraging people during troubled times has been at the core of gospel singing star Rance Allen’s joyous musical messages ever since he began...
During their debut at the Sweet Chariot – a nightclub in Manhattan, allegedly run by the Mafia, that presented African American gospel music to largely...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (The Washington Post) — Gospel singer Richard Smallwood has just deplaned from the US Airways first-class cabin. He stops to take a few quick photographs...
Dorothy Morrison, whose spirit-filled contralto lead vocals sparked the 1969 hit “Oh Happy Day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, sat in a semicircle last Thursday rehearsing...
By Dr. Valerie Wardlaw Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel Andrew Gouché is all about the bass. He is the real deal –...
Christine Thomasos, THE CHRISTIAN POST (The Christian Post) — When gospel singer and pastor Marvin Sapp’s late wife, MaLinda, knew she was going to...
The late vocalist Sista Monica Parker was blessed with an uncanny power to move people. She could bring audiences to tears, whether belting the blues on...
As a teenager growing up in Berkeley during the 1960s, Tramaine Hawkins, the daughter of Ronald and Lois “the Pie Queen” Davis, was well aware of...
By Elaina Johnson Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Grammy Award-winning artist Bishop Hezekiah Walker can add the 2015 Torch Award for religion to his...
Henry Hanks, CNN LAS VEGAS (CNN)—The three best-known members of 1990s R&B group Destiny’s Child reunited onstage Saturday night in a surprise performance. Beyonce, Kelly Rowland...
Whether wailing with her multi-octave pipes and rhythmically pumping piano in nightclubs and at blues festivals, or every Sunday morning at Oakland’s Taylor Memorial United Methodist...
Gail Mitchell, BILLBOARD LOS ANGELES (Billboard.com)—Deitrick Haddon, award-winning gospel artist and a star on Oxygen network’s popular reality series Preachers of L.A. and Fix My...
Gail Mitchell, BILLBOARD LOS ANGELES (Billboard.com)—Deitrick Haddon, award-winning gospel artist and a star on Oxygen network’s popular reality series Preachers of L.A. and Fix My...
The fourth annual Charles Reid Gospel Festival will feature the powerhouse Rance Allen Group from Toledo, Ohio, and fast-rising gospel diva Le’Andria Johnson from the Atlanta...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch was remembered at his funeral in Los Angeles for his dedication to spreading gospel...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch was remembered at his funeral in Los Angeles for his dedication to spreading gospel...
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Gospel legend Andrae Crouch has died, according to reports. Credited as “the father of modern gospel...
ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and...
HOUSTON (KTRK) — We’ve learned new information on the Houston-area gospel singer charged with assaulting his wife in Stafford. James Fortune was charged with aggravated assault...
Rev. Dr. Harold R. Mayberry and the First African Methodist Church will host Bishop Paul Morton on Thursday, November 14th, 7pm in a one-night revival as...
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