Just off a successful conducting debut of Wynton Marsalis’ “Abyssinian 200: A Celebration” with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra and WorldStrides’ Heritage Performance National Jazz Choir at Carnegie Hall, conductor and composer Damien Sneed partners with Charlotte’s Community ...

On Monday May 18th, Entertainment One Music artist and songwriter Todd Dulaney will be releasing his latest track, “The Anthem” to radio, as well as launching an accompanying music video and iTunes pre-order for the song.  Covering the Planetshakers’ song, ...

With just a taste of new music released digitally, Tasha Cobbs is having an explosive first week of sales as three new songs hold the top three positions on Billboard’s Gospel Digital Songs chart: “Jesus Saves”, “Fill Me Up” and “Overflow” hold the respective ...

Gospel’s #1 poster girl Casey J sits down with Roland S. Martin for a special episode of the infotainment program “News One Now with Roland S. Martin” that focuses on gospel music. The episode airs Thursday, May 14th at 9:00 AM EST. In it, Casey ...

Check out this interview with Stellar Award Winning Choir Master Ricky Dillard at the 2015 Stellar Awards in Las Vegas. Listen as Ricky talks about taking home four awards, his record breaking hit single “Amazing” and much more!  

The highly anticipated GERALD JONES PRESENTS: THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT PROJECT (Mixed Bag/eOne Distribution) album is getting a dynamic kick off in the form of emerging gospel soul band SENSERE and their delectable new single “If It Had Not Been.” available now for purchase at iTunes. ...

Outsiders, the new #1 album by 21:03, is available in stores and online now. “Outsiders,” features 8 audio-only tracks, including the bonus iTunes and Amazon.com track, “Nobody Bigger.” Check out the premiere of the visual for, “I’m Gonna Make It” below!    

In ESSENCE’s groundbreaking February 2015 ‘Black Lives Matter’ issue, ESSENCE editors and a myriad of esteemed contributors focused attention on the daring modern-day civil rights movement unfolding across the nation and set the agenda for ‘What We Must Do Now’ with a ...

A congregation is in mourning this week as Senior Pastor Kenneth Green of Greater Saint Mary Baptist Church in Algiers, Louisiana collapsed and died in the middle of his sermon. Pastor Green leaves behind a wife and three children, who ...

The popular urban worship group LIVRE’ (pronounced Liv-ray) has climbed to the Billboard Gospel Top 20 Radio chart with each radio single they’ve released in precursor to their national debut CD release. Their latest vocally outstanding, ingeniously produced single “Everything’s Coming ...