Cheryl Wills

author of “Isn’t Her Grace Amazing! The Women Who Changed Gospel Music”

Cheryl Wills on KCRW

Aretha Franklin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and other trailblazing singers are profiled in the book, “Isn’t Her Grace Amazing! The Women Who Changed Gospel Music.”

Women like Aretha Franklin and Sister Rosetta Tharpe transformed gospel

Aretha Franklin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and other trailblazing singers are profiled in the book, “Isn’t Her Grace Amazing! The Women Who Changed Gospel Music.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

Fanatic! I hope your week was buoyant and full of music. I’ve been getting in good vinyl sessions after work every single night.

from Henry Rollins

Sam sits down with author and marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to explore her inspiring new book, What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. Dr.

from The Sam Sanders Show

A teen magazine so daring, so outrageous, so scandalizing and sexually suggestive that it only lasted…five issues.

from Lost Notes

Venice Beach teen Dee Dee Keel was desperate to find out what was happening behind the scenes, in the clubs and hotel rooms of Hollywood: so she tracked an intriguing local rocker, Jim…

from Lost Notes

Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw dive into the impressive Q3 earnings posted by Netflix… And whether the streamer can fine tune its film strategy to achieve even further world domination.

from The Business

Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco. The Continental Hyatt House. The Rainbow Bar & Grill.

from Lost Notes

Fanatic. I hope you had a great week of listening.

from Henry Rollins

Steve McQueen breaks down his new film “Blitz” (starring Saorsie Ronan), documentarian Dawn Porter talks Luther Vandross, and James Carville has The Treat.

from The Treatment

LA-native Jessica Pratt brings twisted psych-folk sounds to the Annenberg Performance Studio via performances of 2024’s “Better Hate” and 2019’s “Poly Blue.”

from Live From