A documentary film chronicling the life of Cotton Plant (Woodruff County) native and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe will receive four free showings in March as part of Women’s ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is often dubbed "the godmother of rock 'n' roll" for her use of pioneering guitar technique, bridging the gap between gospel and secular music in the process. Her life and ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe began recording on the electric guitar in 1941, for her first Decca sides with Lucky Millinder's band. She was one of the first true fusion artists, combining multiple styles of ...

News comes today from Deadline that yet another feature-length on Cotton Plant native Sister Rosetta Tharpe is in the works, and this one’s got some serious artistic muscle behind it: Oscar-nominated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has been tapped by Live Nation Productions to write an upcoming feature about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the ...

Rosetta Tharpe was a trailblazing Black musician who found fame early on as a gospel artist before shifting to rock and roll and inspiring several future legends. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has been tapped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Live Nation Productions has tapped Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys) to pen a feature centered on ...

Lizzo will play trailblazing musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the upcoming biopic “Rosetta” from Amazon MGM Studios. From writers Natalie Chaidez (“The Flight Attendant”) and Kwynn Perry ...

Oscar-nominated performer Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is set to write a feature biopic about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for Live Nation Productions, produced by music icon Mick Jagger. According to Deadline, the ...

Live Nation Productions has announced a powerful new project honoring one of music’s greatest unsung pioneers: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the “Godmother of Rock and Roll.” The feature film will be penned ...