Often boosted by social media, many of them got their start with independent labels or by uploading self-made songs to streaming platforms. Now, bigger labels and streaming services are catching on.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — If you ever need a reminder that time moves faster the older you are, just look at pop culture. Songs that once blasted car stereos, movies that packed movie theaters, and TV shows ...

As part of the celebrations of Black History Monty, the North Carolina A&T Fellowship Gospel Choir will be performing in Mount Airy on Feb. 6, in a 7 p.m. concert at the Andy Griffith Playhouse.

If 1965 was the year when pop and rock music started to take its first baby steps toward adulthood, as more artists began to explore albums as defining statements rather than collections of hit ...

Smallwood was nominated eight times for Grammy Awards. By The Associated Press Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. He was 77.

The gospel music world is mourning the loss of a giant. Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and composer whose music reshaped modern worship, has died at the age of 77. For ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --Gospel singer-songwriter Richard Smallwood has died at the age of 77. "We are saddened to announce the passing of world-renowned artist, songwriter, and musician, Richard Smallwood," a ...

Every year, the bounty of pop music grows more and more (my apologies to the 2,637 songs in my inbox as of time of writing that I haven't gotten to yet, out of you don't want to know how many).

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 ...

Walt Aldridge’s name might not be one most modern country music fans know, but they probably should because there’s a good chance they know his songs. Aldridge, a prolific musician, songwriter and ...

A Mississippi-based creator has found himself at the center of a new debate in the Gospel world—one that blends technology, tradition, and a whole lot of chart success. Solomon Ray, an AI-generated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Facebook/Screenshot Ray is the first AI artist to have the No. 1 album and song on any iTunes chart. What happens when ...