CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Gospel music is a hybrid. It's always been a mix of whatever the popular or folk sound may be at the time with the Christian theology," said Charrise Barron, a gospel scholar and ...

Georgia Tom: Thomas A. Dorsey, the Father of Gospel Music, Bailiwick Repertory. Writer-director McKinley Johnson’s new musical biography combines powerful church-choir singing, Christmas-pageant ...

Wade in the Water is a 26-part series, originally released in 1994, that celebrates African American sacred music and traditions. To learn more about the series, click here. For more episodes click ...

February 25, 2020 • Almost 40 years since its cinematic release, a restoration brings this documentary featuring Thomas A. Dorsey and Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith back to life. January 7, 2006 • A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gospel music evolved from antebellum spirituals into a distinct genre in 1920s Chicago, serving as both a "weapon of worship" and ...

This episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. This episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. The story ...

Click to open image viewer. This piano once resided in the historical Pilgrim Baptist Church of Chicago, Illinois, where it was used as a rehearsal piano by music director, Thomas A. Dorsey, the ...

White evangelical churches have a music problem, and I fear it’s getting worse. This year, the National Museum of Gospel Music is slated to open in Chicago. It will rise from the site of the historic ...

*International and celebrated Choir Director Chantel R. Wright’s Pneumatica joins the annual Thomas Dorsey National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses from Sunday, August 3 through Sunday, ...

The "father of gospel music," whose efforts led to an innovative performance style and refashioned existing music to reflect experiences of... Wade in the Water is a 26-part series, originally ...