IT’S EARLY July, and Mavis Staples is sitting in the offices of Epitaph Records, a truth that is surprising to her. The 71-year-old gospel and soul legend from Chicago isn’t the first artist of ...

Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century ...

Robert Plant’s current group, Saving Grace, has released a second advance track from its upcoming self-titled debut album. The new song, “Gospel Plough,” finds the Led Zeppelin legend and the acoustic ...

It can be difficult to locate a genuinely original voice, particularly amidst the tried and tested genre tropes and barely disguised hero worship of esteemed past masters that characterise ...

The Newport Folk Festival understands the value of a good palate-cleanser — not to mention the way folk and gospel's roots intertwine — so this year's lineup taps the rich vein of talent at Boston's ...

The National Folk Festival announced four more acts for its 2019 lineup this week. The 79th National Folk Festival is returning to downtown Salisbury from Sept. 6-8, 2019, and will bring acts ...

Angela Williamson talks with Travis Johnson. Angela Williamson talks with Travis Johnson, lead singer of the Afro-Folk Gospel group Black Magic. He performs with his brother and sister and their a ...

A.R. Rahman is a magician in control of his team on the stage. A Zen-like calmness seems to envelop him as he takes to the keyboard, anchoring the performance of his singers. When we catch up with him ...

In the past, the Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir has been employed as a sort of Newport Folk Festival palate-cleanser: a way to kick off the day with something kind, approachable, reverent and rooted in ...