Barbara D. Baker will direct this weekend's Houston Ebony Opera Guild performances, showcasing a historical music genre that dates to the slavery era. The Houston African American Gala's annual ...

"It was the spiritual song – or Negro Spiritual – that gave hope to American slaves as they cried out to God, asking him to send a “Moses” to lead them out of their bondage as He did with the Hebrew ...

Whether it was a meeting, a march or a protest, during the Civil Rights Movement, there was always music. Negro spirituals and gospel songs were a common part of life for African American activists.

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 ...

(RNS) — ‘Fisk Jubilee Singers are artists and do not limit themselves to just Negro spirituals,’ its director said. ‘There’s versatility in our choice of music when we have celebrations.’ (RNS) — A ...

The Sound of Gospel Music, presented by the Rochester, Minnesota branch of the NAACP, takes the audience on an expansive historical musical journey featuring praise and worship (devotions and hymns), ...

Can white people sing “Go Down, Moses,” “Hammer, Ring” and other Negro spirituals? Or rather, should they during a Black History Month concert called “Spirituals: From Ship to Shore?” One Black ...

The Negro spirituals : plantation songs and jubilee songs, 1600-1870 -- The gospel songs : gospel hymns, historical gospel, and traditional songs, songs of Tindley, Dorsey, Campbell, and others, ...

HELPING MUSICIANS OF THE FUTURE. AT UNITED PARISH IN BROOKLAWN, THE CHOIR IS GATHERED TOGETHER TO REHEARSE. ♪ THE MINISTER OF MUSIC LEADS THE SINGERS FROM BEHIND THE PIANO. THIS SONG THEY’RE WORKING ...

The Grammy-nominated singer jumped from gospel to opera to spirituals to jazz; he considered it all sacred. In 1981, an industry newcomer named Jubilant Sykes released his debut album, Number of the ...