Category: Guitarists
“Washington Blues” and “I’m Going Away” by Elizabeth Cotten (1965) – YouTube
Sylvia Robinson – “Love is Strange” (Mickey and Sylvia)
Bea Booze – “See See Rider”
Deborah Coleman – I Got To Know – YouTube
Thank you to David Rowinski (@bolekaja1001 on Twitter) for the tip on Deborah Coleman!
Any black women artists that should be on this blog, but haven’t been featured yet? Hit me up on social media, or email me at jaleesa@blackwomeninrock.info!
Mixtape Alert | History of Black Female Guitarists | Don’t Dance Her Down Boys
Sometimes I forget that some people don’t know the full impact that black women had on rock n roll. If you didn’t know it was epic. Without the talent and energy of many wonderful women the state of music today would be blander than Cliff Richard eating a cucumber sandwich.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Early Influencer award to be given by Rock and Roll HOF
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.
Adia Victoria
Review: Tetrarch’s “Freak” LP – Very dark, very heavy.
I finally got my hands on Tetrarch’s new LP Freak, which is a fail on my part because I didn’t realize the whole album was out already! I’ve been waiting for what felt like 84 years for new music from this band, and this thing has been out nearly two full months and I didn’t even realize it.
Freak is a full album, which already makes it wonderful in my eyes. The only thing that sucked about Relentless was that it was too short. Relentless had more of a hard driving, onwards to battle metal sound, but Freak takes a chilled out, nü-metal direction. A couple of songs harken back to Tetrarch’s previous sound (“Oddity” and “Break The Trend”) but most of the album has a KoRn/Slipknot sort of feel to it.
It’s a different sound, and Tetrarch does it well. I highly recommend checking this album out if you’re into metal or hard rock music. The album can be purchased from iTunes and Amazon Music, and can also be streamed on Spotify. Tetrarch is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, so show them love!
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