As I considered my “Voices” topic for May’s WUN, my thoughts turned immediately to my mother, Bessie L. Walker Roberts. “Miss ...

The Wiz, currently playing in a newly-mounted, disco revival on its national tour at the Hobby Center, opened on Broadway in ...

Jackson doesn’t force a spiritual breakthrough ... but there’s a destination worth pressing toward — and with Mahalia singing, it feels not just possible, but promised.

He was the only professional musician to come from any part of my ancestry." - Grace Potter "It's one of the most challenging vocal songs to sing. That's why so many people botch it pretty darn good.

Gospel has been an integral part of Jazz Fest since it began in 1970, headlined by gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. Students ...

Dozens of other artists will take the stage, too, and many have New Orleans roots, including Connick, Lil Wayne, Big Freedia, Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas, The Revivalists, Tank and the Bangas, ...

Before we head to Tonys season and immerse ourselves with Broadway, I had to chat with one of my favorite voices of all time, ...

Examples abound. One of the most stirring scenes in Questlove’s documentary about the 1969 Harlem Music Festival, Summer of Soul, features an elder Mahalia Jackson together with an up-and-coming Mavis ...

Gospel has been an integral part of Jazz Fest since it began in 1970, headlined by gospel legend Mahalia Jackson ... “You’re going to sing.” Since then, Leah, 16, said her confidence ...

The SUNY Gospel Choir’s “GospelFEST 2025” will raise the rafters at the Church of the Nazarene on Saturday evening. “This will be the first time we have brought GospelFEST to the Nazarene Church,” Dr.