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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, once an underappreciated figure in the music industry, has posthumously earned the title of “Godmother of Rock ‘N’ Roll.” Renowned for blending the spiritual fervor of gospel with the electric vibrancy of R&B through her electric guitar mastery, Tharpe’s influence bridged the sacred and the secular in American music. Esteemed by contemporaries […]

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Gospel music star Bishop Rance Allen died over the weekend. “While recovering from a medical procedure at Heartland ProMedica, Bishop Rance Allen passed away around 3 AM”. Said Allen’s wife of 49 years, Ellen Allen, in a statement. “I wasn’t expecting to hear this news this morning,” Bryant Scott, the president of Allen’s record label, Tyscot Records, […]

Music pioneer and writer Betty Wright has passed away after a struggle with endometrial cancer. She was 66 years old. Wright started like so many R&B music legends with a background in gospel music. Although originally named Bessie Regina Norris, she took the stage name Betty Wright while performing for the Echos of Joy, which […]

After a homophobic rant, gospel singer Kim Burrell, has been uninvited to appear on Ellen this week.