In a funeral parlour in 1940s Mississippi, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Beverley Knight) is schooling her protégé Marie Knight ...

And then, an out-of-towner called Bill Royston came to Reading to become the executive director of Berks Arts Council (now ...

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...

Two powerful exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art feature Artemisia Gentileschi's restored Baroque masterpieces.

Looking back at the small Arkansas club where BB King performed back in 1949, which almost cost the blues master his career ...

Remembering Bernard Lafayette and his nonviolent yet relentless march for social justice and freedom throughout history.

The celebrity lifestyle is often seen as glamorous and carefree, but the truth is more complex. Many stars come from ...

Eleanor Jean Vesey (Schappert) of Gravelbourg, SK, age 86, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2026, with family by her side. Eleanor was born February 1, 1940, to parents Jacob and Mary Schappert ...

Read our review of *Marie & Rosetta*, now in performances at @sohoplace to 11 April. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

A joyful story of musical kinship “Electricity ain’t nothing new,” says gospel-rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe as she swings a guitar amp onto the stage. Marie Knight, a wary church singer and ...

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square has arrived in Brazil for the sixth "Songs of Hope" tour stop and spent their first day learning about the culture of the country.

Although he wasn’t blind, he sang in three different gospel groups known as the Blind Boys before making a splash on the R&B and pop charts.