This is FRESH AIR. Postwar black gospel music was one of the most important musical genres that shaped soul music through the mid-'70s. But short of crate digging for some LPs and singles, it's been ...

Old-timey bluegrass and gospel songs take center stage when local band Days Of Old resins up the bow. And it’s not just the toe-tapping tunes that delight; the ages of the band members offer hope for ...

That’s a main rule of the Old Time Country Bluegrass Gospel Music Association, founded by Wayne and Cathy Agnew, who are preserving these unique musical styles performed before electric and percussion ...

Gospel music, the music of hope, is a bit mournful today. Rock Hill's Bill Ratchford, one of gospel's most well-known guitar virtuosos whose long hair was as legendary as his guitar picking, died late ...

Fred Hammond was ready to give up. The basic bass guitar his mother had given to him to play at church was sitting under his bed, unused. After a few months, his frustrated mother, Mildred Hammond, ...

ST. CLAIR COUNTY --A hidden jewel in St. Clair County that has received national fame in gospel music is Odenville’s Dale Jones. Years ago, Jones played steel guitar for a famous Southern gospel group ...

She was like Chuck Berry, but twice his size, 10 years older, and a lady who never left the church. Video: Watch the mother of rock n’ roll wail on her trademark guitar. Her crossover gospel is ...

Brainerd Presbyterian Church is exploring a new venue of community outreach as they sponsor The Old Paths Gospel Quartet in Concert on Sunday at 6 p.m. Even though the group members are very young in ...

It was back in 2008 that I first encountered the Stockdale Family Band at a rural farm near Bolivar. Their family life seemed refreshing and idyllic. The four boys were home-schooled by their mother, ...

According to a press release, Plant and Saving Grace transform “Gospel Plough” “into a hypnotic and alluring mélange of vocals, steel banjo, acoustic guitar and percussion.” [RELATED: Robert Plant to ...