A two-time Grammy Award-winning Charleston band has helped put Gullah music on the international map, but it's been a part of South Carolina's coastal culture for centuries now, tracing back to ...

“Voices of Gullah” members (from left), Joe Murray, Minnie “Gracie” Gadson, Rosa Murray and Charles “Jojo” Brown, sing Gullah spirituals on July 19 at the Brick Baptist Church in St. Helena Island.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As a part of the Spoleto Front Row Series, find a performance of songs from “Lowcountry,” a ...

A once-in-a-lifetime compilation of Gullah songs and stories collected on St. Helena Island becomes a lavish concert of modern jazz and chamber music for Spoleto Festival USA 2024. “Lowcountry: South ...

Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to work the cotton and rice ...

If you make your way to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens in Mount Pleasant, you can find a unique presentation titled “Exploring the Gullah Culture.” In it, the Gullah Geechee people demonstrate the ...

Luke Peeples, son of Jesse and Maud Peeples, lived from 1906 to 1994. He composed a processional and recessional for Bluffton High School graduations, and a piece for the dedication ceremony for the ...