The three-time Grammy-winning group Sounds of Blackness has performed worldwide, inspiring fans with uplifting lyrics and vocals. Now the band is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a new, self ...

*Sounds of Blackness released a song in 2021 about reparations that has been nominated in the Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song category for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards. As reported by Moguldom ...

The Twin Cities-based group Sounds of Blackness is celebrating 54 years of performing this month. "Thankful," the group's newest song, is nominated for a NAACP Image Award.

The Sounds of Blackness’ song “Optimistic,” from their 1991 album The Evolution of Gospel, debuts on Billboard‘s Hot Gospel Songs chart (dated Feb. 4) at No. 15.

The evolution of the Sounds begins ”in 1968 (when) a small private college of about 2,000 students in St. Paul, Minn., Macalester College, embarked on a very ambitious recruitment program for ...

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Gary Hines, the music director and founder of Sounds of Blackness, joins MPR News host Angela Davis to talk about the history and influence of Black artists across all ...

The ongoing "Sounds of Blackness" exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila in Bonifacio Global City (The M) features works that takes inspiration from Black music to express the lives of ...

Sounds of Blackness started at Macalester College in Minnesota with 50 singers and three musicians in 1971. Today there are 30 singers and 10 orchestra members. Bennett joined the group at 17; she ...

Sound of Blackness celebrates 54 years of performing 02:29 The Twin Cities-based group Sounds of Blackness is celebrating 54 years of performing this month. "Thankful," the group's newest song, is ...