WILLIAMSTOWN — For Lena Mae Perry, an 84-year-old gospel singer from North Carolina, the link between music and faith is clear: “When the Lord says, ‘move,’ a fire gets under your foot. You just can’t ...

Elizabeth King has been singing since she was three. In fact, she fronted a 10-man group, the Gospel Souls, for almost 40 years, starting at the dawn of the ’70s when she first recorded for Pastor ...

Let’s have a listen to Luther Magby’s transcendent 1927 recording “Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit.” It’s the only 78 made by the singer who who we can assume was part of the nascent tradition of ...