(ThyBlackMan.com) Before Sam Cooke became a household name with hits like You Send Me and A Change Is Gonna Come, he was simply a young man with a velvet voice, raised on gospel, rooted in faith, and ...

Gospel was the implicit sound of black protest, going back to before either the civil rights movement or gospel music existed in name. During the plantation era, African-American slaves communicated ...

The Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder teamed up for a new gospel-inspired track called "Sweet Sounds Of Heaven." The British band dropped the song, the second release off of its upcoming ...