ToHeavenURide

I first encountered Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s music on Michelle Shocked’s fascinating 2007 gospel CD, ToHeavenURide.  The CD was recorded live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival; the album name is a takeoff on the nickname for the festival, “To Hell You Ride”.  Shocked launched her concert with a long introduction about Tharpe’s legacy and then performed “Strange Things Happening Every Day”.  

(June 2013/1)