The role of music in shaping Black Pentecostal spirituality is the focus of an inaugural lecture from the Assemblies of God ...

Even though I bought D’Angelo’s 2000 sophomore album “Voodoo,” I was afraid to listen to it because I was still very much a church boy committed to Pentecostal doctrines. I was a choir director and ...

Everyone knows there's a certain father/son team that is revered above all others by true followers of the Christian faith. I am, of course, talking about Bro. Steve Winter and his son Philip, the ...

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Pentecostal music for both black and white listeners broke many boundaries. In the early 20th century, Sister Arizona Dranes, Eddie Head, and other black sanctified performers employed the instruments ...

Jazz's underlying potency often reflects the power of the African-American religious experience. When jazz musicians serve the song, the ensemble functions like a congregation. If the goal is a ...

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In 2001, Macel Ely — the great-nephew of the late gospel singer Brother Claude Ely — went on a vacation to London. He went to a record shop and recognized the music being played over the intercom as ...