Reg Chapman joined WCCO-TV in May of 2009. He came to WCCO from WNBC-TV in New York City where he covered an array of stories for the station including the Coney Island plane crash, the crane collapse ...

Gary Hines celebrates 50 years of musical activism with Minnesota's Sounds of Blackness Director Gary Hines has built the group from a student choir at St. Paul's Macalester College to three-time ...

Sounds of Blackness performs at Taste of Minnesota in 2024. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, the group's founder, Gary Hines, talks with MPR News host Angela Davis about the history and influence of ...

Gary Hines has been music director for the three-time Grammy Award-winning musical group Sounds of Blackness since 1971.

The Twin Cities-based group Sounds of Blackness is celebrating 54 years of performing this month. "Thankful," the group's newest song, is nominated for a NAACP Image Award. "This NAACP Image Award is ...