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During the 21st Annual Essence Festival, Gospel and R&B stars gathered together to pay honor and tribute to the incomparable artist, vocalist, songwriter and arranger Kim Burrell. After a soul stirring performance by Jonathan McReynolds, Kim Burrell took the mic ...

Gospel music superstar, Isaac Carree, attended and performed at the 2015 ESSENCE Festival. The annual festival in New Orleans, included a musical, ‘All Star Gospel Tribute to Kim Burrell.’ Check out his performance of “The Lord Will Make A Way” with ...

Nearly a half million attendees converged upon New Orleans this Fourth of July weekend for the 2015 ESSENCE Festival, one of the country’s largest live events.  The annual 4-day Festival, which took place July 2-5, features entertainment, empowerment, and cultural ...

Check out the video below of R&B songstress Jazmine Sullivan honoring “The Voice” of Gospel music, Kim Burrell, at this year’s Essence Music Festival. The event took place over the weekend in New Orleans. Click play to see Jazmine’s tribute ...

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 ...

The annual ESSENCE Festival, now among the largest consumer live events in the country with more than 550,000 attendees, today revealed the first round of its all-star line-up of performers for the nighttime concerts at the 21stannual celebration, taking place in New ...