CAIRO, Ill. (KFVS) - The Blues & Gospel Festival returns to Cairo for its 11th year later this week, with events kicking off on Thursday. The free, three-day event will take place on Historic Downtown ...

Blind Willie Johnson and Led Zeppelin, although from different eras, shaped the music landscape through raw emotion and powerful sound. Johnson’s haunting gospel-blues voice and slide guitar style ...

And right in the middle of it all, Harlem Renaissance music was changing the way the world listened. But most people only ...

Gospel and blues are converging in 2026 through landmark album releases, live gatherings, and renewed interest in their shared roots. New projects from artists like Dunsin Oyekan and Jonathan ...

GOSPEL’s hour 1 follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music. GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister ...

Walk into the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton as service begins, and the very first sound you’ll hear is music. “We welcome you,” the five women of the Joyful Praise choir sang on a recent rainy ...

Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...