Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

On one side of the world, a packed arena sings a chorus that sounds like it’s been carried through hard seasons and finally set down in the open air. On another, families gather after sunset and let ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is known as the Mother Church of Country Music. And, indeed, it began as a church, built by a riverboat captain who was converted to religion by an ...

New Christian Artists Push Genre Boundaries With Rap, Afrobeats and R&B A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, ...

Christian singer and songwriter Ron Kenoly, best known for “Ancient of Days,” “Anointing Fall On Me” and “Jesus Is Alive,” has died. He was 81. His 1992 live album, “Lift Him Up,” was one of the ...

Tributes have been paid to legendary Christian worship leader Dr Ron Kenoly, who’s died aged 81.His family confirmed on Tuesday he died peacefully in his sleep. Kenoly, best known for global worship ...

Catholic African American music icons Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte helped usher in the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. (Photo: Digital Collections, The New York Public Library) While gospel ...

Ron Kenoly, a music leader whose songs helped shape how millions of people worship in churches, has died at age 81. His death was announced by his longtime music director on social media Tuesday. The ...

Several months after attending her first concert, a sold-out Forrest Frank show in West Valley City, Utah, what stands out most to 14-year-old Hazel Church isn’t the music — though she’s a big fan of ...

Last spring, a month and a half into American Idol’s 23rd season, the reality singing competition did something it had never done before. It aired a three-hour special on Easter Sunday, themed around ...

The classic worship song ‘Shine, Jesus shine’ has been reimagined this December as part of the UK-wide Shine Your Light Christmas campaign. First written by Graham Kendrick in 1987, the song has ...

The artificial intelligence takeover trend in music continues. AI infiltrating the music industry has been one of the biggest stories of the year, and it’s concerning how fast everything seems to be ...