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Since Baylor's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project started in 2006, university librarians have digitized and archived 8,381 songs from thousands of records. Most are obscure records from the 1940s ...

On March 11, there will be a new Hank Williams record for country fans to enjoy. Williams, who is one of country music’s biggest legends, is known for his hits like “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Hey ...

With its signature four-part harmonies and fervent message of Christian salvation, Southern gospel has a long, vibrant tradition in Western North Carolina — and it’s still going strong (see “Hidden ...

His thick shock of hair, black suit and underlying white shirt gave Robert Darden the look of a musical composer as he walked into Starbucks carrying the wood-handled umbrella that shielded him from ...

Kip Lornell, a George Washington University ethnomusicologist, compiled a new collection for Smithsonian Folkways called Classic African American Gospel. He talks about the roots of Motown in gospel ...