Signing to Stax after years of singing church gospel, The Staple Singers embraced a touch of pop to spread their "message music" further afield.

Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, ...

The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares ...

Art, Beats + Lyrics is a traveling culture experience that fuses urban art and hip-hop, in major cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and more. Now in its 15th year, AB+L remains ...

Jake Wesley Rogers is a poet in glitter and leather, a kind of spiritual guide for queer kids growing up in a world that still hasn’t fully figured out how to hold them. With a voice that feels ...

Also on the Main Stage that day is R&B and Gospel singer Mavis Staples, who’ll perform right before Teddy Swims. And at about 5 p.m., Blues singer Christone “Kingfish” Ingram will perform at the Main ...

Gospel rapper Ranja Mistari (real name Karanja Njenga) has talked about staying grounded in faith and fame, the myths ...

The Lyrics, Landscapes and Lintels Public Art Trail celebrates public art as a way to communicate Leeton's heritage values and the stories of Leeton's history. This website contains information about ...

The song’s grimiest moment doesn’t shock for shock’s sake — it’s painting the kind of scene where personal vengeance is indistinguishable from performance art. “I know you know what’s going on / I’m ...

In a wide-ranging interview ahead of her May 16 performance at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, soul legend Bettye LaVette opens up about her six-decade career in music, interpreting the lyrics of ...

In today's Gospel reading, Jesus declares, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger." Dalí's painting, whether intentionally or not, resonates deeply with this truth. At a time ...

Famed for its meticulous attention to detail, the studio began in 1970, when Kathleen Smyth, who passed away last year, would sit at her kitchen table carving little pieces of art, killing time ...