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Wallace Best, a professor of religion at Princeton University compiled a list of the 10 best gospel songs. He says that gospel is the most “American” of American music. It is the roots of R&B and rock and perhaps the most influential genre of music there is. Coming up with a list of the best […]

Last night, the 54th annual Grammy Awards aired. Unfortunately there is a large portion of the show that goes unaired. However gospel recording artist Le’Andria Johnson did win her first Grammy for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance for her single “Jesus.” She also performed at the Pre-Telecast Ceremony with Trin-i-tee 5:7, Kim Burrell and Kelly […]

From Journalist Terron Austin of KissRichmond.com: During a recent interview on the red carpet at Kelly Price’s pre-Grammy show in Los Angeles, CA (Kelly Price & Friends: Unplugged – “For the Love of R&B”), Adrian Anderson (formerly of gospel music’s Trinitee 5:7) is briefly interrupted by R&B legend Whitney Houston. Sadly this is one of the last appearances […]

From NewsOne – LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unclear. At her peak […]

This year the 27th Annual Stellar Awards didn’t have an air date in our local market. However, the nationwide broadcast airs THIS SATURDAY, February 11th, on GMC (Formerly Gospel Music Channel). It airs at 7pm, 9pm and 11pm ET, so don’t miss it! The show is hosted by Dorinda Clark Cole and Marvin Sapp and […]

(Culpeper, VA)  —  A Culpeper police officer is on administrative leave after a deadly shooting of a woman.  The officer responded to a report of a suspicious person in a parking lot of a church in the 300 block of North East Street Thursday morning and after some type of altercation, the officer fired shots […]

Bank ATM fees will go up or have gone up in the last few months. Banks need to turn a profit. If loans made them…

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim Brotherhood leader will be installed as speaker of Egypt’s new parliament after Islamists swept the popular vote in the country’s elections last week, raising fears among Christians and secularists that new laws heavily influenced by Sharia may soon be instituted. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice […]

Donald Cortez Cornelius was born Sept. 27, 1936, in Chicago. After high school, he served as a Marine in Korea. Cornelius was working as an insurance salesman when he spent $400 on a broadcasting course and landed a part-time job in 1966 as announcer, newsman and DJ on WVON radio.  Donald Cortez Cornelius was born […]

According to “Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia by Bil Carpenter”, perhaps the most popular male gospel group of the 1990’s, the Winans defined the art of contemporary gospel music for the 1980’s decade. With songs such as “Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay”, “It’s Time”, “Ain’t No Need To Worry”, and “Tomorrow” […]

Federal government offices in Washington are open, but employees who need to leave early because of the snowy weather may do so, the Office of Personnel Management says. About 2 inches of snow are expected to fall across the region Thursday and several area school districts are closing early. The snow and ice iscausing delays on the roads […]