TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
I first encountered Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s music on Michelle Shocked’s fascinating 2007 gospel CD, ToHeavenURide. The CD was recorded live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival; the album name is a takeoff on the nickname for the festival, “To Hell You Ride”. Shocked launched her concert with a long introduction about Tharpe’s legacy and then performed “Strange Things Happening Every Day”. More recently, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was featured in the opening program on the 2013 season of the PBS series American Masters.
(June 2013/1)
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