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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --The father of gospel guitar just celebrated his 91st birthday at his home in Philadelphia's Germantown section. Howard Carroll of the Dixie Hummingbirds originated the distinctive ...

Although the between-song chatter was relatively canned with a "Thank you, music lovers," and such sprinkled throughout and many of David Hidalgo's lyrics were too mumbled for me to discern if some ...

Photo of Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Terry Cryer, collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Gayle Wald As a guitarist, Tharpe defied gender roles ...