The performing rights organization BMI is the latest group to distance itself from gospel singer Kim Burrell after video surfaced of her referring to gays and lesbians as perverted. A statement from BMI released Friday said Burrell will no longer be honored and she was pulled from their annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music event […]

The gospel singer Mavis Staples has toured the world with her family as part of the Staple Singers, sang for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the height of the civil rights movement, spent weeks on the Billboard charts, experienced a midcareer resurgence in the 1980s thanks largely to Prince, and once turned […]

The Musical Soul Food Network is launching it’s first annual Musical Soul Food Festival this summer at Virginia Beach’s Chesapeake City Park, where they’ll also honor Dr. Bobby Jones. The park will be taken over by gospel music enthusiasts for a day full of sports activities, food and live performances, in which Jones has been named the honorary host […]

Azusa Street Mission will present the prestigious William J. Seymour award during the April 7-10, 2016 Azusafest celebration! Azusafest is a three-day gospel music celebration that commemorate the Azusa Street Revival! This year’s Azusafest will be held in conjunction with the AzusaNow celebration in the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday, April 9! The award is […]

“Scandal” actress Kerry Washington took home a shiny little pudding pot Thursday after being feted with a raucous parade through Harvard Square and a roast by…

Praise Family we need your help!! The 2015/2016 Stellar Awards Voting  is upon us and we are in the first phase of voting for Radio…

*Grammy-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston will be front and center at Saturday’s Gospel Image Awards in Charlotte, North Carolina. The mother of the late Whitney…

A thanks to God doesn’t happen every day in liberal Hollywood-land. The 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Awards awarded Taraji P. Henson Best Actress in a…

  Eddie Murphy, famous for his stand up routines, films and his early breakout on “Saturday Night Live,”will be awarded the nation’s top prize for…

  Celebrity entertainers David and Tamela Mann, noted supporters of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, recently received the St. Jude Star Award at the Entertainment…

  Grammy Award-winning artist Bishop Hezekiah Walker can add the 2015 Torch Award for religion to his list of accomplishments as a gospel music artist…