American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

And Beaufort lost one of its gentlest spirits when Ferguson was tucked into a coffin wearing his trademark black flat-rimmed ...

It’s one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...

'Amazing Grace' as it appears in Ginny Hawker's family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...

A 54-year-old woman who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and taught a class for 5-year-olds at church was one of several victims in a church attack Sept. 28. Thelma Rina ...

An outraged Florida mom accused her son’s white elementary school teacher of racism after the educator sang the black child an alternate version of the “Happy Birthday” song that includes the word ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Music has been many things for Mary Mulovhedzi and the Soweto Gospel Choir.

GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Less than 24 hours after tragedy struck a house of worship, hundreds came together Monday night to grieve, pray and sing. Inside Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, voices rose in song as ...

This is not your typical in-law relationship. When Katherine Karamasos went on a three-week trip to Australia, she asked her biotech project manager mother, Eva Harris, to "keep an eye on" her partner ...

The Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, 8470 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, will host its second annual QUUeer Fête music festival on Saturday, Oct. 4. It's a family-friendly, alcohol-free event ...

Let’s be real: you’ve probably been fooled once (or twice) when you were riding in the backseat of your grandmother‘s Buick on the way to church when an unsuspecting jam came through the car’s ...