WACO, Texas — Baylor University is expanding its Black Gospel Archive, a nationally significant collection dedicated to preserving Black sacred music and the cultural history surrounding it, with new ...

Google continues to turn the screws on free YouTube users, expanding a test that restricts access to song lyrics on YouTube Music. Users without a premium subscription have found that Google’s ...

Some free accounts are being prompted to ‘Unlock lyrics with Premium.’ Some free accounts are being prompted to ‘Unlock lyrics with Premium.’ is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of ...

After testing in recent months, YouTube Music looks to be widely rolling out a Premium paywall for lyrics. Lyrics in YouTube Music now require a YouTube Premium or Music Premium subscription. The ...

The Recording Academy Honors Presented by the Black Music Collective has established itself as one of Grammy Week’s most prominent fixtures, and the 2026 edition, held last Thursday at the Fairmont ...

Black History Month provides a wonderful opportunity to introduce or reinforce the fact that African and African American music has had a transformative influence on music in the United States. Born ...

As Black History Month gets underway, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is asking us to listen deeply. "People of African descent — no matter where we are, wherever we've been — we've been in, ...

It's February, and we're celebrating Black History Month and Black History! In radio, it's not only about music and our favorite singers or rappers, but sometimes it's about those behind the scenes.

Ron Kenoly, a music leader whose songs helped shape how millions of people worship in churches, has died at age 81. His death was announced by his longtime music director on social media Tuesday. The ...