One of the most influential country singers of the 20th century, the incomparable Dottie West, was born on this very day in 1932. Dottie West launched her career in the mid-1950s. She continued to ...

Next spring Matt Reeves’ long-anticipated The Batman Part II is expected to finally go in front of cameras at Warner Brothers’ Leavesden studios in London. When that happens it will mark nearly four ...

In the mid-1950s, the world of country music faced a crisis. With the day’s youth seized by rock and roll’s lightning bolt, country’s rustic heritage of honky-tonk fiddles and piano was suddenly ...

Opry star “Gentleman Jim” Reeves had more than 50 songs on the Billboard country charts, and 11 No. 1 hits. He was beloved for this velvety baritone and his heartfelt songs that resonated from ...

J.B.F. Wright was a minister and songwriter who made a lasting mark in gospel music with his deeply emotional hymn Precious Memories. He was active in the early 20th century and wrote hymns as a way ...

Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...

Jennie Wilson was a prolific American hymn writer from the late 19th to early 20th century, known for her faith-filled and inspirational lyrics. Despite being confined to a wheelchair due to illness, ...

Rachel Reeves should use any extra money in the Budget to invest in projects – such as major rail schemes – that could help drive economic growth, rather than funding policy U-turns, a former adviser ...

Recently, a Tik Tok video went viral featuring party revellers enjoyed their drinks at a popular hangout in Nansana with a Runyakitara gospel hymn blaring in their background. As they danced ...

Bob Mortimer previously admitted he and Jim Moir were no longer than close after 'drifting apart' years after working as a comedy partnership. Despite only living mere miles apart in Kent, the ...

Liz Kendall dodges Robert Peston’s question on how many will be helped into work following PIP changes Rachel Reeves has been urged by one of her former advisers to abandon Labour’s commitment to the ...

Alabama Gospel Roots is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, ...