Across denominations, praise and worship music can be found both in Sunday morning church services and on Spotify playlists.

On July 1, 1899, little notice was taken of a baby boy of color, born in Villa Rica, Ga., a small town some 40 miles west of Atlanta. He, one of seven brothers and sisters, was around the church most ...

Inside the Hammerstein Ballroom's great double doors, beyond the metal gates and metal detectors, the three-story music venue's lights are turned down, the stage empty. A few people mill about, and to ...

During a seven-year period, 1997-2003, a song written by Rick Founds was the most often used song, of any kind, in churches across America - and possibly in the world. It is one of more than 300 songs ...

This Saturday, Feb. 11, many Jews will celebrate Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath of Singing, which commemorates one of the most vivid musical performances in the Hebrew Bible: the songs sung by Moses and ...

Not so long ago, Paul Savageau was earning extra cash playing folk-rock cover songs at Massachusetts nightclubs. Then he “got real with God.” Shortly after, he began playing at Sunday Mass, leading ...

"Monday Morning Church," a Top 5 hit for Alan Jackson in 2004, addresses the potential conflict between two country music tropes: songs of Christian faith and tales of unspeakable loss. Jackson and ...

Even as he’s signed to one of Nashville’s biggest labels, Eric Church has amassed more than a little experience over the past nearly two decades in pushing back against the typical Music Row way of ...

In 2019, Eric Church scored a No. 1 song with "Some of It," from his Desperate Man album. Written by Church with Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde and Bobby Pinson, the hit almost wasn't included on Church's ...