Everyone knows that house music emerged from the ashes of late '70s disco and soul, but the genre's incitement of communal, hands-in-the-air reverie has its roots in something more spiritual. House ...

His signature hit, “So Into You,” was omnipresent in 1994 — the rare record “you heard at every club,” one D.J. said. But his time at the top was brief. By Jacob Bernstein Michael Watford, a ...

When Soweto Gospel Choir singer Phello Jiyane heard she would be performing a show about house music, she was a little surprised. "You wouldn't expect to have that combination of a DJ and gospel ...

He got used to change years ago. But this time, it was hard to figure out. For years, the Ray Daniels House of Music was the home of lessons in how to play and sing traditional gospel music, the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “Saturday Church” taps into music from several genres, as well as Sia, to tell the story of a teenager struggling with his sexuality and faith. “Saturday Church” taps into music ...

House music has its roots in disco, soul and early experiments in turntablism and mixing. But it has also always been a spiritual thing, too. An influence that can be traced all the way back to gospel ...