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 ...

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 ...

There’s a well-known saying that the most segregated hour in the U.S. is 11 a.m. on Sunday. That aphorism reflects the longstanding reality that 86% of churches lacked meaningful racial diversity as ...

The composer of “Total Praise” worked with numerous celebrities but put the gospel first. By that time, though, Smallwood had already established himself as one of the most influential composers and ...

Vermont ranks second in the nation for both the whitest population and the least religious one. This might seem the unlikeliest of places to hear Black gospel music — a tradition born of slavery, ...

The award-winning gospel artist Richard Smallwood of the United States died early Tuesday morning at the age of 77, prompting tributes recognizing his profound influence on Christian worship and Black ...

Award-winning gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77. Smallwood's family announced his passing on Instagram, citing complications from kidney failure. His honors include multiple Dove Awards, ...

Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. He was 77. Mr. Smallwood died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation ...