The late gospel musician Andráe Crouch, the creator of such iconic songs as “My Tribute,” “Soon and Very Soon” and “Jesus Is the Answer,” will receive a tribute of his own this week as this year’s ...

YORK’S biggest soul and gospel event of the year, the Andraé Crouch tribute concert, will celebrate the songs of the father of modern gospel music at 43 Monkgate on Saturday night. “We’re paying ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It occurred to me as the audience at the State Theatre Sunday listened to a collection of gospel music to honor the late Andrae Crouch: If a critic gives such a show a bad review, is ...

The performance of Andraé Crouch’s “Let the Church Say Amen” tour scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Altria Theater has been postponed. Tickets for the concert will be honored at a future date.

As Andrae Crouch remembers it, the crowd was roaring — until they actually saw the band. Enthusiasm waned because many in the 1970s audience were startled to see something they apparently didn’t know ...

Andraé Crouch, a gospel musician who bridged the worlds of the church and mainstream music for more than 50 years, died Thursday afternoon. The 72-year-old singer, songwriter and choir director had ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Gospel legend Andraé Crouch died Thursday afternoon. The ...

(RNS) — Gospel composer Andraé Crouch sang, played the piano and preached for decades — often all at once. Ten years after his death, a new biography aims to capture both the genre-defying range of ...

FILE - In this June 4, 2004 file photo, Grammy-winning gospel singer Andrae Crouch poses for a photo at a ceremony honoring him with the 2,256nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

If there is a Mount Rushmore of gospel music legacy, Andraé Crouch is on it. He is the “father” of contemporary/modern gospel music and widely credited with creating the “praise and worship” genre.

Andrae Crouch, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and composer who started his career at 14, helped Michael Jackson arrange “Man in the Mirror” and became a pastor of the church his father founded in the ...