American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.

A few years ago, I came across a book called Worship Across the Racial Divide. Its chapter titles were arresting: “African Americans as the Icon of ‘True Worship,’” “The Naïve Experience of Worship in ...

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" has been the soundtrack of the holiday season for nearly 30 years.

May the four winds blow her safely home.” Those words, by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, have long carried a bittersweet resonance for fans, but now they echo with a deeper finality in the wake ...

The children’s song "He Cares for Me" in the new hymnbook "was a contribution that I could make to the Lord even if nobody else saw it," said the author and composer, Kenneth S. Schank.

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

MacKay, a vocalist for the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and backup singer for Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, has died at the age of 78. Godchaux-MacKay passed away on Sunday after a lengthy ...

The 1970s were a revolution in sound, a decade when artists stopped following rules and started creating new ones. Studios ...

SPIRO, Okla. (KSWO) - Gospel songwriter Albert Brumley was born near present-day Spiro on this day in 1905. Brumley wrote the ...

Tammy Wynette scored a No. 1 hit in 1970 reminiscent of her signature song from 1968, both lyrically and controversially.

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