From sweet potato pies to pound cakes, southern sweets are aplenty and hard to resist. Aretha Franklin was a big fan of one dessert in particular.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

"Star Search" once helped discover stars like Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and Beyoncé. Now, Netflix has revived the show as it hunts for the world's next superstars.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a "rainbow coalition" of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was "to transform the mind of America" ...

J. Cole's 24-track final album, 'The Fall-Off,' took 10 years to create, serving as a deeply personal tribute to his hometown ...

That’s exactly what happens at His Place Eatery in Indianapolis, a soul food haven that’s been quietly changing lives one ...

Songs of survival, defeat and hope swept through cotton fields in the antebellum south. Slaves used them to navigate a brutal ...

A Birmingham artist whose musical career transcended styles and genres for seven decades has died. Roscoe Robinson as a solo ...

The prism of Black beauty turned and turned, and my mental vision board of heaven’s angels filled up with Dottie Peoples in the spangled armor of God, Mahalia Jackson’s elegant countenance, the Pace ...

Indianapolis lost one of its great gospel music figures last month, guitarist and songwriter M.L. Allen, Jr. He was 89 years ...

If you know the history of music, then you know Alabama is one of the nation’s best-kept secrets of Soul, Gospel, and Roots music. Just down the road from Albertville, ...

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WNCN) — A celebration of history, faith, and music made a stop in Wake Forest this weekend. The beloved musical, ‘The History of Gospel Music,’ returned for its annual performance, ...