The Watson Family Singers were some of the first gospel performers on the radio, thanks to their All Nations Pentecostal ...

Face Off Theater Company celebrates its 10th anniversary with a revival of Mahalia, a gospel musical chronicling the life of ...

Isaac Hockenhull was Mahalia Jackson's first husband in the 1930s during the Great Depression. He was an American chemist-turned postman. Their short-lived marriage was affected by Hockenhull's ...

On Saturday, April 12, The Mainstay in Rock Hall is pleased to once again present vocalist Karen Somerville in a new retrospective tribute show about the legendary Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.

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A voice that moved millions—alongside Martin Luther King—will resound again as Mia Ramsey channels the Queen of Gospel Mahalia Jackson at The Black Box Theater starting March 20. The Black Repertory ...

Alternating between deeply emotional songs and exhilarating numbers legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson performs a variety of spiritual tunes such as Youll Never Walk Alone Highway to Heaven Lord ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Apr. 26, 1971. It is republished unedited in its original form. Tokyo — Modern soul music is the “same old hash warmed over,” says ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — We've all heard of the Magnificent Mile, but have you heard of Mahalia's Mile? Located on Chicago's South Side, Chatham community members are trying to beautify their neighborhood ...

"I've been singing now for almost 40 years and most of the time I've been singing for my supper as well as for the Lord. I never had a music lesson and I still can't read music. I ...

In a recent one-night-only show, jazz vocalist and Chicago native Tammy McCann took the audience on a historical journey as she sang about the life of Mahalia Jackson. Known as the queen of gospel, ...

Mahalia Jackson didn't start out with aspirations of becoming the queen of gospel music. She was listening to blues in her earliest days, specifically the songs of Bessie Smith, the empress of the ...