Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Jackson Caesar will be ...

Shouts of praise overflowed from the sanctuary of Sardis Missionary Baptist Church in Birmingham as choral members from Alabama's two largest historically black colleges and universities ushered a ...

During the era of slavery, those who labored in captivity pioneered a musical motif that began as “unaccompanied songs of sorrow and hope," said Everett McCorvey, founder, director and principal ...

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced ...

“They say, ‘The holy water's watered down, and this town's lost its faith,’” a man sings soulfully. This is not a religious condemnation of the terrible things that have happened on Earth. It’s a tune ...

As dusk falls over Lagos, worshipers in their numbers gathered across worship centres to welcome the New Year - something ...

With its mix of nationally and internationally recognized gospel veterans as well as emerging musicians and singers, including Chicago’s leading Latin gospel group, Orquesta Ebenezer, not to mention ...

Tope Alabi’s “Praise the Almighty” concert holds February 22, 2026, at Police College Ikeja, featuring Sinach, Sunmisola ...

Editor’s note: James Garfield Smalls of St. Helena Island died Oct. 11 at age 100. This column by retired writer David Lauderdale originally was published April 27, 2018. Deacon James Garfield Smalls ...