"I talk about Sister Rosetta Tharpe all the time. She was black and queer and big and
invented rock and roll."
–Lizzo
"Wald will give you the story, from small-town Arkansas to the biggest stages in the country."
–David Remnick,
The New Yorker "[Tharpe] has long been deserving of wider recognition and a place of honor in the field of music history."
–Bonnie Raitt
"Mixing tireless reporting with nuanced and cultural insights, Wald's
Shout, Sister, Shout! is about as good as musical reparations get."
–Tony Green,
Vibe "Rosetta Tharpe was one of my first influences, one of the first people I heard sing. I'm glad Gayle Wald has done a book on her because people need to know."
–Isaac Hayes
"Wald makes a good case that Tharpe's R&B spirituals played a key role in inventing rock."
–
Entertainment Weekly "Seeing Sister Rosetta . . . really gave me a sense that this was a birthright of mine."
–Celisse Henderson