Sister Rosetta Tharpe News

It's been almost 20 years since Ruby Turner became one of the few U.K.-based soul singers to hit No.

High praise ... Ruthie Foster has become an icon to other folk, soul and blues singers.

This slim 127-page book by music journalist Lynn Abbott is essentially a clearinghouse for what little is known about Elder Utah Smith, one of the most celebrated of the guitar-toting, gospel-shouting evangelists for the Church of God in Christ.

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET. Joel Rose Sister Rosetta Tharpe's headstone in Philadelphia's Northwood Cemetary.

The tremolo guitar of the US musician Robert Ward, who has died aged 70 after several years of ill health, stands among the most distinctive instrumental sounds of 1960s soul music.

By Gerald M. Gay Beoga's song "Strange Things" from the group's latest CD, "The Incident," seems an unusual fit for a traditional Irish band.

Rev. Jerome LeDoux stood outside New Orleans' St. Augustine's Church, the oldest Black Catholic church in the U.S., when he was still pastor.

Philadelphia, PA - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering gospel musician and instrumentalist, finally has a gravestone marking her resting place at Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.

"Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" - Sam Phillips Another rich slice of idiosyncratic marvelousness from Sam Phillips , "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" uses the real-life 20th-century gospel singer Sister Rosetta ...