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Bishop Charles E. Blake and gospel powerhouse Pastor Shirley Caesar are headed to D.C. next month to headline the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference Prayer Breakfast. Celebrating faith, freedom and resilience, this year’s event will introduce a creative worship experience with liturgical dancers Stacy J. & Unified Praise from Houston, Texas and will also feature a […]

Crowned the "First Lady of Gospel Music," Shirley Caesar began her recording career at the tender age of 12. With a career spanning over 60 years...

Pastor Shirley Caesar gives the secrets to keeping her voice powerful throughout the years and tells what is different about her lifestyle that keeps her message so powerful. Pastor Caesar also details how her mom’s words guided her as an artist and what changes she has recently made in order to have longevity. In part 2, Shirley […]

The legendary Shirley Caesar tells Erica Campbell & GRIFF about how she found out that a remix of her “beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes” recording went viral on social media as the #UNameItChallenge. She talks about how happy she is that, as a result of its sweep of social media, young people will be introduced to […]

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Pastor Shirley Caesar‘s hauntingly powerful new version of the hymn, “Satan We’re Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down,” is the theme song for “Greenleaf,” on OWN. The queen of gospel lent her vocals to the new show with a remake of the song, which she first recorded in 1974. The song, punctuated by the sound of […]

Pastor Shirley Caesar chats with Erica Campbell and GRIFF about her new album, “Fill This House.” She says she’s “fighting the good fight of faith and winning,” and talks about being in the game for over 50 years of music and 40 albums. She talks about all of the guest appearances on the album, including Hezekiah Walker […]

Pastor Shirley Caesar has been in the music business for over 60 years.  Starting recording at the tender age of 12, she has had much success at remaining relevant.  Working with current hit maker, she started an online campaign for song writers to submit songs. Out of all of those submissions she’s narrowed her selection […]