Some of music’s biggest songs ... Bach adopted existing Lutheran hymns into his own compositions. Bob Dylan borrowed a melody from the African American spiritual “No More Auction Block For ...

A student is showcasing the various African American musicians who visited a ... "It's a celebration not only of incredible music but also of the cultural exchange that happened in Newcastle ...

Ten years ago, the legendary gospel singer Andraé Crouch died after a nearly 50-year career. He was called the “leading pioneer of contemporary gospel music” and the “foremost gospel singer of his ...

In late 1961 the civil rights movement burst upon the scene in Albany, Georgia, as that town's African-American population ... the Harambee Singers in 1966 and the world-famous women's a cappella ...

the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College. The group performed an Igbo song entitled “Jayama” and an African American hymn “Can’t Give Up Now,” adapted from “I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired.” ...

The Blue Front and the music that goes along with it still exists.” Spirituals, field hollers and African rhythms evolved into blues music over many years across the American South, but the ...

These three country singers do not identify as Christian; which is rare, considering how the genre leans toward that ...

Famous Christian artists Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding have revived a third century hymn discovered on ancient Egyptian ...

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival each spring is known for hosting some of the world’s most famous jazz, funk and ...

In addition to featuring the history of slavery, Reconstruction and Civil Rights, the permanent collection includes an exhibit of African American music from the arrival of the first Africans to ...