The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi was a post-war gospel quartet. With lead singer Archie Brownlee, their single “Our Father” reached number ten on the Billboard R&B charts in early 1951. It was one of the first gospel records to do so. Continue reading
Jennifer Phillips performs Mary Mary’s Shackles on X Factor Global (UK). Continue reading
After hearing a 19th-century African-American song, Dr. Maya Angelou has never forgotten one important lyric: God put a rainbow in the clouds. Watch as Dr. Angelou shares how she honors those who employed kindness to help her, and find out how, she says, we can all “be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud,” no matter who they are. Continue reading
You Deserve It performed by JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise. Continue reading
FOLI, the word for rhythm used by the Malinke tribes of Baro, Guinee Afrika, encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing or sound. It’s found in every part of daily life. Continue reading
Kirk Franklin returns with a lyric video for My World Needs You, a song that features rousing vocals from Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs and Tamela Mann. Continue reading
At the start of the new millennium the Dalai Lama issued eighteen rules for living. Continue reading
Gospel musician and pastor Travis Montorius Greene led the field of nominees at the 2017 Stellar Gospel Music Awards by taking home seven awards. Greene is married to Jacqueline “Jackie” Gyamfi Greene and together they co-pastor lead Forward City Church in Columbia, South Carolina. Continue reading
Tamela Mann sings God Provides (Live) the sophomore single from her 2016 album release, One Way. Continue reading
Talley Beatty choreographed and performed Mourner’s Bench in 1947. It represents the anguish and loss for former slaves, now free men, killed during the Reconstruction Era at the beginning of the rise of the Klu Klux Klan. Beatty explained to me, “People were murdered by the Klan and at daybreak their relatives would find their bodies in the fields still covered in the morning dew.”
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 