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 ...
He remembered buying records as a youngster, saying, “Some of the earlier songs I wrote were influenced by people like Sister Rosetta Tharpe.” Tharpe was historically overlooked in rock and ...
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 ...
A documentary film chronicling the life of Sister Rosetta Tharpe will receive four free showings in March as part of Women’s ...
“Chuck Berry, who's credited as being one of the inventors of rock and roll. He said his whole entire career was just a Sister Rosetta Tharpe imitation.” Sister Rosetta Tharpe would travel the ...