Bluegrass remains the most distinctive of all the sub-styles within country music, having changed ... became "rhythm and blues," and the gospel style of the old shape-note publishing houses ...

These are just some of the Black gospel artists shaping the genre with powerful voices and unwavering faith, from legends to rising stars. For generations, gospel music has been a vital source of ...

Betty Johnson is an accomplished pop, gospel, country, and cabaret singer with a career lasting more than 40 years. She got her start in music as a nine-year-old, when her parents formed the ...

Country artist Ricky Skaggs surprised Chapman with the membership announcement during a live show at the Opry in July.

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A genre-leaping Renaissance man who memorably collaborated with everyone from Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson ...

Tracy Chapman's 35-year-old song Fast Car was named both song and single of the year at the Country Music Association Awards ... who joined him for a gospel take on Need a Favor.

While country music has roots in folk, blues, and gospel, it has often been associated ... his 2013 hit “Wagon Wheel,” originally by Old Crow Medicine Show. Rucker’s rendition achieved ...

Some of Zambia’s top musicians have performed at a concert to mourn 46-year-old gospel singer ... make a career out of their music - not an easy ambition in a country where piracy means most ...

This compulsion to lyrically dwell among the dregs might be a tough sell for almost anyone else, at least outside the genres of gospel ... for country fans who prefer to keep their music and ...