Gospel music, in the pure sense, too rarely lifts its voice in song on Santa Barbara’s live music scene. In a real cultural sense, though, the music is ever present in our lives and ears as a truly ...

It’s more than fair to say that the prized Santa Barbara-based singer Lois Mahalia is no stranger in this town, and that’s a lucky thing for fans of her impressive and innately soulful musical voice.

A collage of Tanzanian Gospel artistes. Gospel singers differentiate themselves from their secular counterparts by composing music guided by Biblical teachings. This adherence to religious principles ...