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"Mama" Mosie Burks, a gospel music trailblazer and Mississippi Mass Choir legend, is remembered fondly by family, friends and fans following her death, Monday morning, July 7, at the age of 92.

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - “The Oklahoma Mass Choir has been going strong for 52 years,” says the choir director and baritone, Tyree Parker. “I’ve been in the choir for 19 years and started directing the choir ...

Chicago Mass Choir's album My Soul Says Yes Credit: Courtesy of New Haven Records The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we need you to chip in, even ...

As the founder and director of the Tulare-Kings Counties Mass Choir, gospel music has been a big part of Charles Parker's life. The College of the Sequoias English instructor spends a good chunk of ...

Burks was known for her humility yet huge impact in the world of gospel music. Mama Mosie Burks, a legendary gospel singer known for her vocals in the Mississippi Mass Choir, has died at age 92. Burks ...

The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation came together in 1794 to found what would become the oldest church property in the nation to be continuously owned by African ...

The Mississippi Mass Choir will soon begin a European tour. "The Gospel Legend Tour" will visit various cities across Spain and Portugal. Those cities include Madrid, Barcelona, Lorgrono, Las Palmas, ...

A 32-year gospel tradition will end Friday when the Tulare-Kings Counties Mass Choir performs its farewell concert at the Visalia United Methodist Church. Why is the popular concert wrapping up?

Robert Ray's "Gospel Mass" will be performed 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8 at First United Methodist Church ("coppertop church"), 230 E. Skyline Parkway. Coppertop's Sanctuary Choir will perform along with ...

Multiracial, LGBTQ+-affirming choir Resounding Love uses gospel music to build community and a better world, columnist Naomi ...