We sat down with iamyola, who plays Sister Rosetta in the new Elvis film, to talk about the gospel legend's legacy and contribution to rock & roll: 'We have to give Black America their flowers.' Watch the full interview here ⬇️
“We have to give Black America their flowers for being the home of another foundational genre of American and contemporary music,” Yola says. “We take Sister Rosetta Tharpe out of history, there’s a gaping chasm that is left.”
With thumping rhythms and heavy distortion, the singer-guitarist invented her own style of playing that influenced B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Little Richard, and Elvis himself — and yet, Tharpe remains overlooked. “The idea of Black women having a somehow equal level of gratitude for those gifts … we’re not even close,” Yola says. “And cross genre, we see that replicated.”
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