Frank Sudderth, the bespectacled member of the gospel singing group Gospel Echoes, pictured here, was chairman of the deacon board of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Texana, Cherokee ...

WASHINGTON — Marie Knight, 84, a powerhouse gospel singer who teamed with Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the late 1940s to smash barriers between gospel and secular music and in turn helped influence early ...

Gospel legend Marie Knight has died in New York City at age 84. She came to prominence while touring with Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the 1940s and singing hits such as “Beams of Heaven.” Her manager, ...

Black gospel music was a cornerstone of the civil rights era, but today, many seminal recordings are at risk of being lost. This is why Professor Robert Darden from Baylor University spearheaded the ...

This fall brings a new collection of some old spirituals and gospel music, first recorded back in the 1970s. The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1 aims to give a second life to some ...

Southern gospel fans are invited to an evening of entertainment as the Palmetto State Quartet and Dixie Melody Boys perform Saturday in Franklin Twp. The Palmetto State Quartet, established in the ...