Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton Recording artist Lizzo is set to make her movie debut in Amazon MGM Studios’ music biopic, “Rosetta ...

Lizzo stars in Amazon’s ‘Rosetta,’ honoring rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. See how the film reclaims her legacy at ...

More on Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tharpe, who rose to stardom in the 1930s and 1940s, is the foundation for rock and roll, a genre that has since been relabeled as a “white genre” despite its ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe died from a stroke in 1973, aged 58. Her epitaph reads: “She would sing until you cried and then she would sing until you danced for joy.

Lizzo is ready for her starring role. The singer will portray rock and roll’s godmother, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, in a new biopic co-produced by Forest Whitaker.

The song is about Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Brant found videos of her on YouTube, “which fueled my interest even further. What an out-of-time quality those videos have.

The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe — the singer and guitarist often called the godmother of rock-and roll — was untold for so long that any attempt to bring it to life had to be seismic.

When Sister Rosetta Tharpe died in 1973, at the age of fifty-eight, she was buried in an unmarked grave outside of Philadelphia. Once, she had been the biggest star in gospel music.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last April, and now a play has been written, exploring her career and rumored bisexuality.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the most influential gospel-rockers of the '30s and '40s. But until recently, her grave remained completely unmarked, bereft of a proper memorial.

It wasn’t until 2018 that Sister Rosetta Tharpe was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, acting as a much-needed if inadequate corrective of sorts to the lack of recognition the industry ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was gospel's first national star and the first gospel musician to play night clubs like the Cotton Club. A new biography is in the works, and musicians continue to record ...