Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Blind Boys of Alabama with special guest Cory Henry, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 at UCSB Campbell Hall. Two Grammy-winning forces of gospel and soul unite for the program ...

American gospel music might have taken the forefront as a preferred source of inspiration for Gospel music lovers but African listeners are increasingly rediscovering and embracing their homegrown ...

Jeffrey Brown chronicles the competition in the "How Sweet the Sound" contest to find the best church choir in America. And finally tonight: the sound and the spirit of gospel in an unlikely arena. It ...

Gospel singing powerhouses David and Tamela Mann join us on The Good Word alongside How Sweet The Sound founder, DC native ...

This is FRESH AIR. Postwar black gospel music was one of the most important musical genres that shaped soul music through the mid-'70s. But short of crate digging for some LPs and singles, it's been ...

The Afro-Caribbean and gospel music landscape in 2026 is buzzing with fresh energy, as artists like Antonny Drew, Baky, and Arsène Mukendi push creative limits with new albums, live tours, and even AI ...

In the early 1850s, a woman named Biddy Mason migrated to Southern California with a slave-holding Southerner who thought he owned her. He was wrong. Upon their arrival, Mason sued for her freedom and ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Making it in the gospel music industry can be tough, especially when you're from Detroit where many gospel greats call home. As Newsradio 950's Stephanie Davis reports, one group has ...

When Aretha Franklin set out to make gospel history, she knew who to call. In 1972 the soul legend returned to her devotional beginnings to record what would become a landmark crossover album, ...

It is almost always a walk in the park to be able to point to famous gospel artistes from other geopolitical zones in Nigeria than it is to do so from their counterparts in the North. Ironically, some ...