Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Early Influencer award to be given by Rock and Roll HOF

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From Rolling Stone:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, the Cars and Nina Simone will all join the class of 2018. Sister Rosetta Tharpe will be given an Early Influence award.

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Nina Simone died in 2003 and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who has experienced a huge resurgence of interest in the past decade, died in 1973. The Hall of Fame is likely to bring in artists they inspired to perform their music.

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Sara Haile-Mariam from Music Bones (Image by Lauren Schorr from Official Website – Bandcamp)

Check out Sara’s eye-opening posts about the appropriation of rock and roll: Black Girl Rise and From Rosetta to Reina: Stop Stealing from Black Women