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(photo of Cece Winans by Cameron Powell) Legendary gospel singer Cece Winans has a new Christmas album, Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album. On her first new Christmas album since 1998, Winans once again presents a beautiful collection of songs, five …
Born in Birmingham, Alabaman, Mitty Collier was an R&B crooner. She sang to screaming audiences at the Apollo and her song “I Had a Talk with My Man” was top 10 on Billboard’s R&B chart. She had a number of …
Rolling Stone magazine has a terrific inside story on why it took 46 years for Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace concert to be released as a documentary. Considered to be one of Aretha’s greatest albums, and one of the greatest all …
On Wednesday evening, August 29th, the legendary Dixie Hummingbirds kicked off their 90th year anniversary celebration with a live show for the Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul project at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. A standing room only crowd …
On this very special tribute to the Queen of Soul, World Cafe host Talia Schlanger is joined by Detroit resident and gospel music professor Dr. Deborah Pollard, NPR Music Senior Director Lauren Onkey, NPR Music critic Ann Powers and Music …
Based in North Carolina, the Music Maker Relief Foundation is a non-profit organization that was “founded to preserve the musical traditions of the South by directly supporting the musicians who make it, ensuring their voices will not be silenced by …
In September, 1950, Mary Deloatch stepped into a New York City recording studio, strapped on her guitar and, surrounded by musicians that included pianist Devonia “Lady Dee” Williams and drummer Johnny Otis, belted out “Beer Bottle Boogie” under her stage …
Prince has shared a solo version of his cover of the spiritual turned gospel classic, “Mary Don’t You Weep, that you can listen to above. Based on a spiritual written before the Civil War, an arrangement of the song was …
Gospel and R&B singer Roy Hamilton was one of Elvis Presley’s favorite singers. Born in Leesburg, Georgia in 1929, Hamilton began singing in his church choir when he was six years old. When he was 14, Hamilton moved with his …
