The scene is England in 1964. You hear the band playing when Sister Rosetta Tharpe pulls up on a horse drawn carriage to a make-shift stage at an abandoned railroad station. It's a rainy day and Sister Rosetta is in her Sunday overcoat. You can almost hear a train whistle blowing when she belts out "Didn't it Rain" accompanied by a full-blooded, swaggering electric guitar sound.

Somehow, someway, Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" -- is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Like," "Share" and/or download the poster in this post to start the campaign to put Sister Rosetta in the Hall of Fame.

CHICAGO POEMS, published by Carl Sandburg in 1916, is an ode to a city. It's a clear eyed and unapologetic love letter: where you tell your true-love you love them not in spite of their imperfections but because of them. Sandburg starts Chicago Poems with "Chicago." Read it here and see its opening stanza visualized in a series of poster art.

The life, music and influence of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe. From writer, producer and director Mick Csaky.

It's American Masters radio: the other AM on the Spotify dial. How many PBS films have a Whitesnake track? From Crosby, Stills & Nash to Joni Mitchell, from Neil Young to Elton John, and Bob Dylan, too, the soundtrack to Inventing David Geffen just goes to show the far-reaching influence Geffen had as a music producer on our national soundscape.

The life and times of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

The year Sister Rosetta Tharpe hit the road with Dixieland trombonist Chris Barber and his band.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe in pictures.

Writer, producer and director Mick Csaky on making The Godmother of Rock & Roll.