Gospel music’s earliest sounds rose from enslaved voices. Later, Black churches fused those spirituals with European hymns. And when Thomas Dorsey moved to Chicago during the Great Migration in the ...
Gospel music was born in Chicago out of the Great Migration and, in the century since, has been the birthplace of some of the genre's most legendary artists. Some of the city's living legends of ...
Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events released the lineup for three free summer music festivals that begin in June: the Chicago Gospel Music Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival ...
Chicago pastor has been a gospel and soul musician for decades — now his music gets sampled by Kanye
CHICAGO — The music many of you love is made by a man you may not know. His name? Pastor T.L. Barrett. Yes, you read that right. Barrett, who has served in the church for more than 50 years and leads ...
The Soul Stirrers feature R.H. Harris on the tracks collected on Shine on Me, from the Specialty Legends of Gospel series. “Walk around, walk around, walk around, walk around,” the background singers ...
Chicago’s Pilgrim Baptist Church was gutted by fire in 2006 and now, following this week’s windstorms, has been reduced to two walls. The once-majestic structure on Chicago’s South Side was built in ...
Almost 57 years later, James Herndon can still remember the first time he appeared on TV. On June 9th, 1963, the singer-pianist made his television debut on Chicago’s Jubilee Showcase as a member of ...
Opening night includes a first-time feature for the event, a sneak peek of Regina Taylor's Crowns on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on June 21. The ...
Chicago's living legends of gospel music continue to carry on their legacy today. After the first wave of gospel history introduced a new musical genre, the second wave also began in Chicago - marked ...
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