The Reverend' was one of the biggest hitmakers of the '70s with a simple formula that went into creating million-selling singles like 'Let's Stay Together'.

Legendary soul singer Al Green revisited hits like “Let’s Stay Together” and “Tired of Being Alone” during a one hour set, ...

One “yes” changed Dante’ Pride’s life. Nine months or so ago, a clip of gospel music legend Lisa Page Brooks singing the phrase “the Devil is a liar” went viral. Pride, a Christian hip-hop artist from ...

As Black Music Month continues, Arkansas artists reflect on the state’s genre-defying talent, strong community, and creative ...

The Full Gospel Tabernacle Church is a one-of-a-kind spot in Memphis, founded by none other than Al Green, the iconic voice behind so many R&B classics. After a life-changing experience in 1974, Green ...

Gospel Roots Al Green (born Greene) was born on April 13, 1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas. He grew up singing gospel music, touring the South with his siblings who performed as The Greene Brothers.

Green told Cosmopolitan, “I sang gospel music as a child, then wrote and sang pop songs for ten years before I was born again in 1973. I’ve never known what the dividing lines were and still ...

The group's music is iconic of its own accord, but it also inspired other well-loved artists such as Al Green, Paul Simon and the Grateful Dead. Swan Silvertones ...

Swan's Bakery baked bread in Knoxville for over a century and helped promote a gospel group that inspired Paul Simon, Al Green and the Grateful Dead.

But for a long time, music has not been the sole focus in his life. In 1976, he founded the Full Gospel Tabernacle church in South Memphis, Tennessee. Green was later ordained as a priest and has been ...