CAIRO, Ill. (KFVS) - The Blues & Gospel Festival returns to Cairo for its 11th year later this week, with events kicking off on Thursday. The free, three-day event will take place on Historic Downtown ...

Blind Willie Johnson and Led Zeppelin, although from different eras, shaped the music landscape through raw emotion and powerful sound. Johnson’s haunting gospel-blues voice and slide guitar style ...

GOSPEL’s hour 1 follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music. GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister ...

Gospel music in 2026 is experiencing unprecedented global reach, genre diversity, and mainstream crossover, with breakout artists and landmark collaborations dominating charts and playlists. From ...

Gospel and blues are converging in 2026 through landmark album releases, live gatherings, and renewed interest in their shared roots. New projects from artists like Dunsin Oyekan and Jonathan ...

Masterful singer Lizz Wright works her way around jazz, gospel, soul, and blues, and stops in at the Lobero Theatre on May 14 ...

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Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...