Of course Christmas is all about presents, festive decorations, and cookies, but it’s also a good time to remember that Jesus' birth is the real reason for the season. And while there are plenty of ...

The gospel music world has lost the legendary voice of Joe Ligon, founder and lead singer of The Mighty Clouds of Joy. Ligon died over the weekend at the age of 80 and the Facebook page of the Mighty ...

Legendary Ghanaian gospel musician, Esther Smith, has admonished aspiring gospel musicians to create their songs with the word of God in focus than thrive on fame. In a recent interview on Joy Prime’s ...

The issue of what gospel music is, has been a big debate among most music industry stakeholders. Some have even drawn a distinction between gospel music and Christian music. While gospel music is said ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This marks the third time we’ve found ourselves returning to the music and ministry of the great Mahalia Jackson—and honestly, it still feels like we’ve only scratched the surface.

Round Two of Chicago’s summer music festival season begins this weekend, and if previous experience is any indication, it should mark a change of tempo from last weekend’s Chicago Blues Festival. If ...

In addition to being the newest men’s creative director for Louis Vuitton, it sounds as if Pharrell Williams is also now jamming for Jesus. The Virginia Beach hip-hop star collaborated with the ...

Reporting from Nashville, Tenn. — Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. Ligon died Sunday in Georgia, his manager, Isaac ...

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