Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is one of the most exciting acts on the blues scene today, exciting both hardened blues fans ...

Never heard of this guy.” This innocuous dismissal appeared — where else? — in the comments section of a YouTube video announcing that Oakland homegrown R&B superstar Raphael Saadiq was going to ...

The Gospel Plus Festival, a three-day celebration of gospel music and its deep roots in American history, will take place from Feb. 27 to March 1 at New Spire Arts ...

It’s not a foreign concept for gospel artists to turn secular in music, but it definitely garners attention when a bishop takes the helm. Fort Worth’s Marvin Sapp has gone R&B — temporarily — with a ...

In celebration of Valentine's Day and Black History Month, Billboard looks back at the genre's rich romantic legacy.