Thank you to David Rowinski (@bolekaja1001 on Twitter) for the tip on Deborah Coleman!
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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.
Read More: Mixtape Alert | History of Black Female Guitarists | Don’t Dance Her Down Boys
Witch Mountain – “Midnight”
Grace Jones – “Little Drummer Boy”
Darlene Love – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
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.
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Sara Haile-Mariam (Music Bones)
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
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