Lizzo stars in Amazon’s ‘Rosetta,’ honoring rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. See how the film reclaims her legacy at ...

Lizzo is set to make her movie debut in Amazon MGM Studios’ music biopic, Rosetta, the “Godmother of Rock and Roll,” Sister ...

Lizzo will play Sister Rosetta Tharpe—a gospel singer and rock and roll pioneer—in a new biopic currently in development at Amazon MGM Studios. By Hayley Santaflorentina Mar 24, 2025 6:55 PM ...

Listen above. American singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing, with Ottilie Patterson behind her, during rehearsals for a concert at Royal Festival Hall, London, March 31st 1960. (Getty Images) ...

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe may be the most famous rock-and-roll star you’ve never heard of. If you don’t know the name, try to picture an African-American woman in a long white sequined dress and ...

When Sister Rosetta Tharpe died in 1973, at the age of fifty-eight, she was buried in an unmarked grave outside of Philadelphia. Once, she had been the biggest star in gospel music.

Sadly, most of Tharpe’s groundbreaking work is not currently available on CD, something Mark Carpentieri, president and owner of M.C. Records hopes to partially remedy with Shout, Sister, Shout.

The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe — the singer and guitarist often called the godmother of rock-and roll — was untold for so long that any attempt to bring it to life had to be seismic.