Earlier this year England’s superb Soul Jazz label released the second volume in its Soul Gospel series. The disc has loads of gritty, hard-hitting testifying from artists who are both well-known ...

With their new album Rhapsody, the extraordinary vocalists Ifedayo Gatling, Dennis Bailey, and George Marage are able to fully explore the entire range of music that influenced them. The follow-up to ...

Mixing in psychedelic soul and funk, Dallas gospel group The Relatives were Texas legends in the ’70s, sharing bills with The Staple Singers, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and The Five Blind Boys of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few voices in gospel music have ever soared quite like Rance Allen’s. Known as the lead singer of the groundbreaking Rance Allen Group, he fused traditional gospel with soul, funk, ...

Some may know the Chicago pastor only as the source of Kanye’s “Father Stretch My Hands.” Documenting his ’70s fusions of gospel, funk, and soul, Numero Group’s box set captures the full sweep of his ...

Two new collections, ranging from scratchy field recordings to intricate vocal harmonies to snappy adaptations of rock 'n' roll rhythms, prove... Divine Inspiration Sparks 'Fire' And 'Funk' Divine ...