Negro Spirituals definitely came before jazz, blues, gospel music. The slaves created these songs before coming to freedom and then creating these other forms of music that were birthed out of the ...

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Jackson Caesar will be ...

Santigold gets in the interrogation room with herself in the new short video accompanying the arrival of her latest song, “Ain’t Ready.” The track will appear on the musician’s new album, Spirituals, ...

Standing at the pulpit Sunday, light streaming in through the stained glass windows behind her, United Parish Minister of Music Susan DeSelms began to sing. “This little light of mine…” she started. “ ...

Verna Holley remembers when she and other members of the Earl Nelson Singers debated changing the name of the Lansing choir after their founder left more than three decades ago. Earl Nelson founded ...