Christianity Today is running a short, entertaining essay on the history of Christian rock and roll, and it’s well worth reading. The author, Joel Heng Hartse, argues that Christian rock often wasn’t ...

When rock first became popular, one of the most common ways to denounce it was to call it “the devil’s music.” Many parents and conservatives feared that the swiveling hips and sex appeal of artists ...

This month, WFUV will broadcast a new radio documentary produced by our friends at WXPN in Philadelphia and hosted by CeCe Winans, which explores the history of black gospel music and illustrates its ...

An award-winning Christian Rock band is hitting the Billion Automotive Main Stage at this year’s Sioux Empire Fair. Skillet ...

In 1970, the world was introduced to Queen, featuring the talents of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon. Since then, the band's music has remained relevant across generations, ...

Ten years after the singer’s tragic death, Whitney Houston’s gospel music roots shine in her new posthumous album, I Go to the Rock. The album has six unreleased songs Houston recorded, including “I ...

When you think of rock ‘n’ roll, you might not think of high heels and a long church coat. But it turns out one of the pioneers of the genre was a Black woman who survived Jim Crow and became one of ...

This is the evangelicals' answer to Bruce Springsteen: an anguished rocker prowling the stage in a black shirt and tight faded jeans, hair matted with sweat, licking his lips and turning his bright, ...

Larry Norman, a pioneer of Christian rock music and a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, died of heart failure Sunday at his home in Salem, Ore., said his brother, Charles. He was 60. Norman ...

AUBURN — Matt Walker doesn't deny his affinity for classic rock, yet he is firmly dedicated to expressing his worship of Jesus Christ through his eponymous country-blues-rock Christian band. "I think ...

In 1957, less than a year after the end of the Montgomery bus boycott, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., took a part-time job as an advice columnist. His employer was Ebony, and his ambit was ...

Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul is a documentary series illustrating the influence of gospel on early rock and soul music. This episode features music from Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers, Aretha ...