Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville.

Choral music fans have no shortage of concerts to enjoy over the Christmas holidays. You could practically spend all your time going from one great vocal concert to the next, getting your fill of ...

Many people talk about manifesting their dreams. Charlotte DJ Fannie Mae put it into practice. In early 2020, the Raleigh native got together with longtime friend and creative collaborator Dennis Reed ...

“They say, ‘The holy water's watered down, and this town's lost its faith,’” a man sings soulfully. This is not a religious condemnation of the terrible things that have happened on Earth. It’s a tune ...

Dennis E. Northway decided over a quarter century ago that if Evanston could have an annual Bach Week Festival at an Episcopal church, Oak Park could have a Handel Week Festival at an Episcopal church ...

(The Conversation) — The genre of contemporary Christian music has been around for decades, but the line between CCM and secular pop music has always been blurry. (The Conversation) — After three ...

Singer Ric Hassani has shared his perspective on why gospel musicians often transition to secular music. Speaking with HipTV Trending, Hassani opined that, it’s not primarily about financial gain, but ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: ...

(J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — There is a Grammy Award for just about every kind of music — from pop to metal to New Age to Contemporary Christian — but there’s no Jewish ...

Singer-songwriter Ari Rabin — stage name Alnev — finds inspiration from musicians Frank Sinatra, Lorde and Panic! At The Disco. But growing up in an ultra-orthodox Hasidic community in Coral Springs ...

The Gospel singer bears his mind on the state of popular music out there, and how it could impact negatively on the upcoming generation. Gospel act and worship leader Frank Edwards bears his mind on ...

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