Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Mama" Mosie Burks, a gospel music trailblazer and Mississippi Mass Choir legend, is remembered fondly by family, friends and fans ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - “The Oklahoma Mass Choir has been going strong for 52 years,” says the choir director and baritone, Tyree Parker. “I’ve been in the choir for 19 years and started directing the choir ...

Chicago Mass Choir's album My Soul Says Yes Credit: Courtesy of New Haven Records The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we need you to chip in, even ...

Burks was known for her humility yet huge impact in the world of gospel music. Mama Mosie Burks, a legendary gospel singer known for her vocals in the Mississippi Mass Choir, has died at age 92. Burks ...

The Mississippi Mass Choir kicks off a new concert series in Downtown Jackson on April 25. It is the first of 30 free ...

The Mississippi Mass Choir, a prolific Grammy-nominated gospel chorus, has lost one of its most legendary lead vocalists. Mama Mosie Burks died earlier this month at the age of 92. Joseph King with ...

Robert Ray's "Gospel Mass" will be performed 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8 at First United Methodist Church ("coppertop church"), 230 E. Skyline Parkway. Coppertop's Sanctuary Choir will perform along with ...

Thirty years ago, Robert Ray sat down to write Gospel Mass, an experimental work, for a one-time performance. To his surprise, the piece caught on and became a seminal work of African-American music, ...

A local gospel showcase is setting the tone early for Mother’s Day in the CSRA, bringing music, ministry and community ...

Singers from 19 South Florida churches under the direction of four Miami choirmasters will raise their voices as a single community choir for GospelFest 2024. On Sunday, April 21, GospelFest at the ...

Five guest choirs will raise their voices in praise with the SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir during the 24th African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 1, at the College. Presented by the ...

September 5, 2020 by SHELIA POOLE THE NEW YORK TIMES ATLANTA -- Going to church on Sunday is centered around hearing the Word. And while the sermon feeds the mind, it's often the music that stirs the ...