Sister Rosetta Tharpe

She also talked about her love of Billie Holiday, saying, ”long live the genius spirit of Billie Holiday that will live on forever through her transcendent work.”

plus Jeff Rosenstock, Soccer Mommy, Yves Tumor, Margo Price, Charly Bliss, Andrew Bird, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

”It sickened me no end to see George tortured to death like that.”

The Recording Academy will honor Iggy Pop, Public Enemy, Chicago, John Prine, Roberta Flack, Isaac Hayes, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2020...

”These stories should have been told already, and I suspect if they were men they would be better known,” Frank says on the album's accompanying podcast.

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.

Also: watch Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes team with Questlove and Paul Shaffer to cover Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Weezer's Scott Shriner perform with The Cars, and more.

Talking about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien said: "But if you ask me what I'd rather be doing that night, I'd rather be sitting at home in front of the fire or going to a gig."

We just mentioned that there's a guitar marathon with Ryley Walker, Noveller, Gyan Riley, Vernon Reid, William Tyler and more happening during the 2016 New York Guitar Festival, and here's more info on that fest...