Gospel Music

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "An Artist . . . Can Barely Deal with the World Most of the Time"

Like the volumes of Edgar Allan Poe and Allen Ginsberg that inspire Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's dark lyrical oeuvre, Robert Levon Been's music has often dealt directly with death. So it's only natural that the band's latest album, Specter at the Feast, fearlessly approaches the Dark Angel, but thi ... More >>

Brad Paisley Tells Country Audiences There's Nothing Wrong With White Folks Becoming the Minority

Editor's note: Every couple weeks, Alan Scherstuhl, the film editor at our sister publication The Village Voice, will be taking a hard listen to the music in which millions of Americans soak. We're happy to share his findings. By Alan Scherstuhl Brad Paisley, Southern Comfort Zone Current Billboa ... More >>

Icy Hot

William Elliott Whitmore Isn't a Sad Singer/Songwriter (Anymore)

Pity the Americana singer/songwriter. No matter how in vogue the genre may be (looking at you Mumfords, with a sidewise glare at The Lumineers), it's tough to stand out among the selvedge denim-wearing crowd. Tattoos? Everyone's got 'em. Suspenders? Grab 'em at Target. Punk past? Who doesn't have a ... More >>

Scott H. Biram: "I Can Yodel, I Can Even Hambone."

​He stomps. He hollers. He yodels and howls. Scott H. Biram also plays guitar, shakes tambourines and basically, utilizing various effects, makes more of a racket on stage then one man should be allowed the pleasure. But it is a pleasure for Biram, whose music has been featured on FX's Sons of ... More >>

Joel Marquard Makes a Mess of Gospel in His New Solo Project

Through and Through Gospel Review, Boris, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, and More in This Week's Issue

Through & Through Gospel Review​ This week's issue bring you the story of Joel Marquard's Through & Through Gospel Review, which finds the songwriter stepping away from the indie rock sound of his band Gospel Claws to explore gospel music. Marquard speaks about belief, his family ties to g ... More >>

The Through and Through Gospel Review (Joel Marquard of Gospel Claws) Releases Debut

​Don't call it a solo album -- that's what Joel Marquard of Gospel Claws says about The Through and Through Gospel Review, a new record of 12 traditional style gospel songs he recorded mostly alone, save for a few contributions from members of Where Dead Voices Gather, Dear and the Headlights, and ... More >>

Ha Ha Tonka

More Than 50 Grammy Winners Perform in the Same Room on the Same Night. Who Wins?

Jen RogersThe Phoenix Chorale tearing up Seattle.​If you believe that record sales equal musical relevance, then you may think that classical music -- which accounted for less than 3 percent of all record sales in 2009 -- needs to be locked up in some museum archive along with the dinosaur bones. ... More >>

The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys

Oak Ridge Boys

Soweto Gospel Choir

Danielson

Jesus Christ Superstars

Choral group is bigger than Bono

Soweto Gospel Choir

Faith, hope, and harmony

Old Soul

Strumming towards ecstasy

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Hard Americana

Hello, Goodbye

Get a case of the Mondays at Hollywood Alley

Al Green

Reverend Al brings his brand of soul to the Dodge Theatre July 25

A Man of Letters

MLK drama gets personal

Salvation Army

Black Theatre Troupe finds saving grace in its pitch-perfect production of The Gospel at Colonus

Avalon Sunrise

Legendary songsmith Mississippi John Hurt receives loving tribute on Avalon Blues

No Lag in the Hag

Merle Haggard makes a triumphant return. Wait -- he never went away.

Pop Whiz

Roscoe Taylor is a star in my book

Bio Rhythms

Mahalia and Master Class exhume musical performers worth singing about

Recordings

Recordings

Get It While You Can

Jerry Ragavoy and the ghost of Janis Joplin

Heaven

Rise up with the Al Green Anthology

NOW IT'S MILLER TIME

JODY "QUEEN OF THE HOUSE" MILLER IS BACK JTO RECLAIM HER CROWN

HERE'S THE BEEF

SLEEPY LABEEF IS NO HAS-BEEN OR NEVER-WAS. HE JUST IS.