Gospel music, in the pure sense, too rarely lifts its voice in song on Santa Barbara’s live music scene. In a real cultural sense, though, the music is ever present in our lives and ears as a truly ...

Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings are found in the music sung, and passed down, by enslaved people in ...

Let’s be real: you’ve probably been fooled once (or twice) when you were riding in the backseat of your grandmother‘s Buick on the way to church when an unsuspecting jam came through the car’s ...