As the grandson of jazz and soul legend Nina Simone and the son of singer and actress Lisa Simone, the 40-year-old artist has ...

An action-packed weekend in Des Moines includes the Iowa Horse Show, "Some Like It Hot," comedian Vicki Lawrence, and the DSM ...

Given the unique health disparities Black people face incorporating music into daily life can be a powerful tool for brain ...

A $2.48 million grant awarded to the Black Gospel Archive will help expand the archive listening center, as well as add ...

Over the past two decades, Baylor University's Black Gospel Archive has collected and digitized more than 60,000 gospel songs, making it one of the largest digital gospel collections in the world. The ...

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has dropped a new song with Sean "Diddy" Combs and their respective children.

Rebecca Black, she of the inescapable 2011 online smash hit “Friday,” has a new dance-heavy EP, “Salvation.” For an artist ...

Black history was celebrated through gospel music and spoken word at a special event honoring the Civil Rights era in ...

Often called “The Mighty O’Jays,” the band has 10 Gold records, and in 2005 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Take a look behind-the-scenes at the Black Gospel Archive, located at Baylor University in Waco.

Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux was a renowned Black preacher and broadcaster. Radio Diaries' series "Making Waves" looks at his life and his contentious relationship with Martin Luther King Jr.

It might not be Sunday, but Marvin Sapp is taking NPR’s Tiny Desk to church. To close out the platform‘s Black History Month programming, the gospel artist showcased a medley of his gospel songs in an ...