Bob Shaw was a force in Georgia’s Republican Party when state conventions were small enough to be held in a phone booth, his friends say. As Georgia’s political landscape changed and Republicans ...

When Melvin Klaudt and his family band traveled to Alabama for the first time in the summer of 1948, they shared a bill with the Homeland Harmony Quartet, a popular act on the gospel music circuit.

How music convinced a religious skeptic to rethink faith. By Santi Elijah Holley Before I began listening to gospel music about 12 years ago, I was not the most obvious candidate to become a fan of ...

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(RNS) — The museum, devoted to the history of Christian and gospel music, opened late last week in Nashville. Organizers say it’s a sign Christian music is experiencing a revival. NASHVILLE, Tenn.

From Thomas A. Dorsey to Andraé Crouch and Kirk Franklin, the worship genre has always integrated new sounds. When I was a teenager and heard “It Ain’t No New Thing” by Andraé Crouch and The Disciples ...