Richmond honors Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the gospel and rock pioneer, with Up Above My Head: A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a tribute concert celebrating her legacy. Though she lived in Richmond ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (AFRO Archives ... As Tharpe grew up, she began fusing Delta blues, New Orleans jazz and gospel music into what would become her signature style. Although Tharpe’s ...

Born on this day in 1915, Rosetta Tharpe revolutionized the sound of electric guitar by using distortion with her unique phrasing & picking, inspiring Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash ...

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Chicago Historian Sherman “Dilla” Thomas shared the history of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the impact she had on a small Bronzeville church community and the world after ...

Crossroads continues the March Feature of music from gospel great, rock roots pioneer and guitar slinger Sister Rosetta Tharpe with more of her classics, and covers and tributes from Robert Plant with ...

Get ready for a night of rock ‘n’ roll. On March 20 at the Hippodrome Theater, Richmond musicians will honor the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of rock ‘n’ roll. Sister ...

Upfront, is Miss Annie herself, preaching from the depths of her soul and demanding you come with her. The title track ...

How gospel went from the church to the charts through the music of Thomas Dorsey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke. Show more Gospel's uplifting and rejoicing sound is world ...

A documentary film chronicling the life of Cotton Plant (Woodruff County) native and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame virtuoso Sister Rosetta ... Tharpe became popular in the 1930s and 1940s with her ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the roof-raising ‘godmother of ... Sister Rosetta has changed the face of gospel music with her exuberant, electric guitar-playing style. Shunned by straitlaced church ...

A gospel superstar, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) combined traditional gospel music with virtuoso guitar solos on her Gibson SG to create a groundbreaking sound that would ...