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A spiritual type of joy will permeate The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond. The “Festival of Praise” is set for 2 and 8 p.m. shows Saturday, featuring Grammy Award-winning Fred Hammond. Donnie ...

"Fred Hammond is a phenomenon," says Danyel Smith, former editor of Billboard magazine, to NPR's Renee Montagne. The singer and bassist's "I Feel Good" has stuck around on Billboard's Gospel Songs ...

The award-winning artist says he has a ‘better chance to fight it’ than he did had he contracted the virus months ago Legendary gospel artist Fred Hammond has contracted coronavirus. He disclosed his ...

A Gospel music legend will join a new brotherhood in the Black community. Fred Hammond has been inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. Hammond received the honor ...

A former lineman on Mumford High’s football team and bass player at Greater Grace Temple, gospel icon Fred Hammond feels extra inspired when he performs in Detroit. That will happen again Friday, when ...

Fred Hammond has been one of the most innovative figures in Gospel for the past two decades. True to form, he continues to push the envelope by reaching across the musical divide and bridging the gap ...

Hammond is known for paving the way for the urban praise movement. A Gospel music legend will join a new brotherhood in the Black community. Fred Hammond has been inducted as an honorary member of Phi ...