NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.
Everyone knows that house music emerged from the ashes of late '70s disco and soul, but the genre's incitement of communal, hands-in-the-air reverie has its roots in something more spiritual. House ...
House Gospel Choir creates an effortless live fusion of the biggest house and gospel tunes with powerhouse vocals that never fail to raise the roof. The late great Frankie Knuckles once said of house ...
CLEVELAND, OH -- Lafayette Carthon and his gospel band Lafayette Carthon & Faith blew the roof off of the House of Blues during the World Famous Gospel Brunch on Sunday. Once a month, the House of ...
Grammy-nominated DJ Bongani “Mörda” Mohosana and three-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir have teamed up for a one-night show. They are preparing for an explosive performance at The Lyric ...
When Soweto Gospel Choir singer Phello Jiyane heard she would be performing a show about house music, she was a little surprised. "You wouldn't expect to have that combination of a DJ and gospel ...
WASHINGTON – Kicking off a foot-stomping, hand-clapping celebration of gospel music, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that this particular genre of music had helped to shape America, beginning with ...
He got used to change years ago. But this time, it was hard to figure out. For years, the Ray Daniels House of Music was the home of lessons in how to play and sing traditional gospel music, the ...