Five faith facts about Whitney Houston, set to be inducted in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
RNS Whitney Houston, one of the most famous names in pop music, will be posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this weekend. Though she’s perhaps best known for such hits as Greatest Love of All and How Will I Know, Houston continues to have another claim to fame: Her 1996 The […]
US Gospel legend Bishop Rance Allen, known for ‘Something About the Name Jesus,’ dies at 71
RNS Gospel legend Bishop Rance Allen, a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee perhaps best known for his Gospel hit Something About the Name Jesus, has died at the age of 71. The formal announcement of his death came in a statement from Bishop Robert G Rudolph, Jr, adjutant general of the Church of God […]
THE INTERVIEW: DONNIE MCCLURKIN – “I’M AT A TIME NOW I SING WHEN I WANT TO”
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Grammy-winning Gospel singer and pastor Donnie McClurkin…
MUSIC: AFTER 30 YEARS LEADING CHURCH, MARVIN WINANS STILL SAYS “MUSIC IS WHAT I DO”
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with US Pastor Marvin Winans…
ARETHA FRANKLIN: NEW DOCUMENTARY SHINES A LIGHT ON THE MAKING OF SINGER’S GOSPEL ALBUM ‘AMAZING GRACE’
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US about a new documentary looking at the making of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 live Gospel album, ‘Amazing Grace’…
US Gospel choirs try to build racial harmony through song
St Louis, USRNS Emi Belciak teaches third grade in a tough part of suburban St Louis, where she says her students are exposed to more violence than any child should be. The school where Belciak teaches is just three miles from the site in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was killed. Five years have passed, […]
MUSIC: ARETHA FRANKLIN STARTED WITH THE GOSPEL, ENDED WITH SOUL AT AGE 76
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, writes about the legacy of singer Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, who died on 16th August at age 76…
ESSAY: AFRICAN RHYTHMS, IDEAS OF SIN AND THE HAMMOND ORGAN – A BRIEF HISTORY OF GOSPEL MUSIC’S EVOLUTION
In an article first published on The Conversation, ROBERT STEPHENS, professor of world music at the University of Connecticut, charts the history of Gospel music…
Gospel singer Edwin Hawkins – best known for ‘Oh Happy Day’ – dies at the age of 74
US Gospel singer Edwin Hawkins – best known for his hit Oh Happy Day – has died at the age of 74. Mr Hawkins died in his hometown of Pleasanton in California on Monday. He had been treated for pancreatic cancer. The singer, along with the likes of Andrae Crouch, is credited as one of […]
THE INTERVIEW: WITH HER FIRST SOLO CD IN NINE YEARS, CECE WINANS KEEPS SINGING – AND PASTORING
Back on tour in the US after releasing her first solo CD in almost 10 years, CeCe Winans speaks to ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, about her CD, how millennials “really do want to have faith in God”, and her hopes for a future collaboration with an artist not known for Gospel music…