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Big Freedia on the steps outside of Esplanade Studios in New Orleans, which was converted from a church, on July 15, 2025.

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Big Freedia takes bounce music to church on new album, ‘Pressing Onward’

by Ari Shapiro August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, “Pressing Onward,” and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this moment, fusing gospel with her signature bounce music.

The Black Gospel Archive houses records, cassettes and other artifacts from the “golden era of gospel.” The archive, inside Baylor University’s Moody Memorial Library, also holds an online collection that can be accessed by anyone.

NPR

Black Gospel Archive fills gaps in gospel music history

by Molly-Jo Tilton February 28, 2025February 28, 2025

The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world’s largest digital collection of gospel music. Now it wants to collect oral histories around its rare recordings.

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