US EditionEight-time Grammy nominated gospel singer/composer Richard Smallwood dies
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Why Richard Smallwoods’ ‘Total Praise’ Still Carries So Many Of Us
Source: Jason Kempin / Getty The gospel titan Richard Smallwood died Dec. 30, at the age of 77, from complications of kidney failure, and Black America responded the way it always does when a true architect of our inner lives leaves us. We responded with sound. Choirs leaned into his harmonies. Church musicians pulled his charts back out. Social media was filled with videos of sanctuaries trembling under familiar chords and compilations of HBCU…
Eight-time Grammy nominated gospel singer/composer Richard Smallwood dies
The singing pianist’s songs have been recorded by Whitney Houston, Destiny’s Child, Boyz II Men, Yolanda Adams and more SANDY SPRING, MD. — Richard Smallwood, an eight-time Grammy Award-nominated, classically trained composer and gospel recording artist, died on December 30 at the Brooke Grove Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Smallwood died of complications of kidney failure. He was 77. Richard SmallwoodPhoto courtesy Capital Entertainment Ov…
BLK ALERTS - I’m An Atheist. Why Richard Smallwoods’ ‘Total Praise’ Still Carries Me, And So Many Of Us
Source: Jason Kempin / Getty The gospel titan Richard Smallwood died Dec. 30, at the age of 77, from complications of kidney failure, and Black America responded the way it always does when a true architect of our inner lives leaves us. We responded with sound. Choirs leaned into his harmonies. Church musicians pulled his charts back out. Social media was filled with videos of sanctuaries trembling under familiar chords and compilations of HBCU…
I’m An Atheist. Why Richard Smallwood's ‘Total Praise’ Still Carries Me, And So Many Of Us
Source: Jason Kempin / Getty The gospel titan Richard Smallwood died Dec. 30, at the age of 77, from complications of kidney failure, and Black America responded the way it always does when a true architect of our inner lives leaves us. We responded with sound. Choirs leaned into his harmonies. Church musicians pulled his charts back out. Social media was filled with videos of sanctuaries trembling under familiar chords and compilations of HBCU…
US Gospel News with Nina Taylor for 3rd – 11th January 2026
This week’s Gospel News features a tribute to the legendary maestro and composer Richard Smallwood, who sadly passed away at the end of December 2025 and the Top 10 Gospel Songs. Congratulations to T.I. with the week’s No.1 song‘Thank God’ featuring Kirk Franklin. The post US Gospel News with Nina Taylor for 3rd – 11th January 2026 appeared first on AStepFWD.
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