The MSG event, held Aug. 28, 1960, was the second annual gathering of Black church groups organized by Joe Bostic of station WLIB; it drew 10,000 audience members. Other performers included Sister ...

Bishop Rance Allen, an acclaimed singer and highly influential figure in the modern gospel music genre, died on Oct. 31. He was 71. “While recovering from a medical procedure at Heartland ProMedica ...

Ernestine Ray was driving home from work on July 3 when her vision turned blurry. A few hours later, she was in a Houston hospital, where she was diagnosed with Covid-19 and failing kidneys. She ...

Gospel musician and Stax Records artist Rance Allen has died. The 71-year-old leader of The Rance Allen Group, who had become a bishop in the Church of God in Christ, died Saturday morning at his home ...

(RNS) — Allen, a five-time Grammy nominee widely praised for his vocal range and the blending of rock, soul and R&B with traditional Black gospel music, died on October 31 at the age of 71. (RNS) — ...

Allen died while recovering from a medical procedure, his wife, Ellen Allen, and his manager, Toby Jackson, said in a statement. He was at a hospital in Sylvania, Ohio. Allen was a pastor at New ...

Songs drawn from the repertoire of gospel great Mahalia Jackson drive the story with vocal talent supplying the energy in the Waco Civic Theatre’s production “How I Got Over,” which opens a ...

Rance Allen, a longtime gospel musician and minister, has died at age 71, according to reports by Essence, The Detroit News, The Commercial Appeal and other media outlets. Allen’s death was confirmed ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “Saturday Church” taps into music from several genres, as well as Sia, to tell the story of a teenager struggling with his sexuality and faith. “Saturday Church” taps into music ...