Gospel
Richmond, Virginia

Widely celebrated as the “First Family of Gospel Music” in Richmond, Virginia, The Legendary Ingramettes have been blowing the roof off performance stages for nearly six decades. The Ingramettes were formed by Evangelist “Mama” Maggie Ingram (born July 4, 1930) on Mulholland’s Plantation in Coffee County, Georgia, where she worked the cotton and tobacco fields with her parents. Maggie began playing the piano and singing at an early age, and developed a great love for the church and gospel music. In 1961, Maggie moved herself and her five children to Richmond and created Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes, a family singing group that became one of the most beloved group in Richmond’s storied gospel tradition.