Gospel News

Ken Bradley, of Te Anau, and David Mollison, of Invercargill, at the old Switzer's town site for Sunday's informal Waikaia Heritage gathering.

Since bursting onto the music scene in 2000 with the chart-topping crossover hit, "Shackles ," Mary Mary -sisters Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell-have never wavered from defying convention to fulfill their mission: Sending uplifting messages through music and words that are relatable to everyone.

In the mid-1990s, Pennsylvania band Live's anthemic U2-meets-Creed singles were all over FM radio, with "I Alone" poised to take its place alongside the biggest of stadium-filling songs ever written by we-want-the-world-and-we-want-it-now groups, from The Who's "Baba O'Riley" to Pearl Jam's "Alive."

Led by playwright/director Mary Owens, a group of players known as The Chosen Few will present an original gospel stage play entitled "Mama, Did You Love Us?" at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Pacolet River Baptist Association building, located at 168 Lovers Lane Road in Union.

Legendary Steele Family to perform at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 in the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College in Brainerd, as part of the CLC theatre's Cultural Arts series.

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church cordially invites Greenwood County and the surrounding area to an evening of Praise & Worship as they celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The nominees for the 29th Annual Stellar awards were announced today. The January 18 show will broadcast live on Up TV from Nashville's Municipal Auditorium where the top artists in the field of gospel music will be announced in 28 categories.

Tyrese Gibson seems to be having as hard a time as anyone with the sudden passing of his BFF Paul Walker .

Tyrese Gibson is really struggling to cope with the death of his close friend and "Fast & Furious" co-star Paul Walker.

An Allen & Heath GLD-80 digital mixer was recently employed at the National Jazz Festival held in Tauranga, New Zealand.

At this point, the definition of indie rock is as vast as it is adaptable. Some bands, like New York's Guardian Alien, get lumped in because they don't fit anywhere else.

The Southern-Aires gospel quartet from Dayton will be the featured group for the Victory Gospel Jubilee at 7 p.m. Saturday at the former South Range High School which is now the North Lima Business Complex on South Avenue in North Lima.

As millions of people around the globe observed World AIDS Day on Sunday, Bishop T.D. Jakes and his Potter's House megachurch, provided free HIV testing to throngs of Dallas residents.

"Freshly Orchestrated Christmas" featuring Gospel artists Kim Burrell , Tye Tribbett , James Hall and The Singing Sensations is coming to the DC metro area for a one-night only performance.

Gospel star Marvin Sapp is making a list and checking it twice! Here he lands-not exactly on your rooftop-but he's got a worthwhile musical gift just in time for the holidays with a new CD titled Christmas Card.

The artist, Junior Murvin, who is best known for the single Police and Thieves , died at Port Antonio hospital in Jamaica on Monday.

"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus ."

This was one of the seven French infantry regiments who fought at Yorktown and without whose service and courage Cornwallis would never have surrendered.

Rapper DMX has been battling demons for most of his life. From drug abuse to troubles with the law, Dark Man X has faced his struggles with the dark side in the public eye.

Pendulum 's Rob Swire has ripped into Bastille on Twitter. The lead singer of the Australian dance rockers, who announced their split earlier this year, took to the social media website to slag off Bastille 's cover of 90's dance anthem 'Rhythm Of The Night', saying the group "are not good enough" to record a version of the track.