“We are on our way. . . . We’re on our journey home!” So declares the silver-clad choir, in buoyant triplets, upon entering the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, in Watts, Los Angeles. Theirs is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we look at another New Year's Day, it's a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John ...

When my wife and I started dating, she got free tickets to a gospel show at Radio City Music Hall. I never really listened to gospel but was aware of rock and R&B’s debt to it and figured it would be ...

It once was lost, but now is found. Well, not lost, exactly. But for 46 years, there seemed to be precious little hope that “Amazing Grace,” the documentary filmed during the live recording sessions ...

Nearly 50 years after its production, the emotional performance of Franklin's best-selling album doesn't disappoint. Aretha Franklin hardly says a word in “Amazing Grace,” but she sings with an energy ...

Many people think they know the story of the hymn,"Amazing Grace." The commonly accepted narrative presents its composer, John Newton, a young English captain of a late 18th-century slave ship, as a ...

Judy Collins has created a new version of “Amazing Grace” which in itself is the perfect symbol of amazing grace. It is one of the world’s most beloved and famous folk hymns. It began as a poem by ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New ...