Victor Brox
“Victor began a study of Indigenous Australian music, painstakingly written by hand, but this was blown up in a controlled explosion at London Stansted airport in 2003 when Victor left it unattended and it was mistaken for a suspicious package.”

#obituary #BritishBlues #Nico #MuddyWaters #RosettaTharpe #SonnyBoyWilliams #JimmyPage

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/10/victor-brox-obituary

»When we think about the history of Rock’n Roll we don’t think about the black woman behind the young white man.«

Endlich mal eine doku über Sister #RosettaTharpe gefunden.

#Musik #FrauenHören

https://youtu.be/FKK_EQ4pj9A

Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe on March 19 in Luck, TX with Abraham Alexander, Amythyst Kiah, Betty Harris, Ruthie Foster, Valerie June and more.
#RosettaTharpe #Texas
https://luckpresents.com/luck-tx-events/gibson-antones-and-luck-present-something-strange-happening-a-tribute-to-sister-rosetta-tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

"This Train"

#SisterRosettaTharpe #RosettaTharpe #Gospel #GospelMusic #NowPlaying #Music #LiveMusic #TuesdayTune

https://youtu.be/jOrhjgt-_Qc

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Spirituals In Rhythm / I love to find records like this one in record shops: Never heard of the artist before, great cover art, 10€ and beautiful music (in this case somewhere between gospel, blues and soul). #NowPlaying #RosettaTharpe #Gospel #Blues #Soul @vinylrecords

Sister #RosettaTharpe remains little known in today's #Europe, but she shaped modern #Blues to a considerable amount.

Here's her performance on #1964-05-07 at #Manchester's #WilbrahamRoad railway station which was disused then for 10 years. The station is long demolished; it sat next to #AlexandraRoadSouth bridge → https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/225098477

When the audience arrived by chartered train, heavy rain set in, and so Tharpe decided to start her gig with ›Didn't it rain‹:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NFywQdeKSo