Recorded by Franklin in New York City in 1967 with members of The Swampers, Aretha’s singing transformed the song, which ...

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DETROIT – Detroit could soon become home to a significant cultural landmark honoring some of America’s most legendary music icons, including the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. LaMont Robinson, ...

Beneath the surface of Aretha Franklin‘s iconic public persona lay a complex web of lovers and entanglements, some more passionate than others, and some fraught with tension, with most of them kept ...

Kam Franklin may be having one of the best weeks of her career. The lead singer of Houston soul group the Suffers will appear on a tribute album to "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier when it comes out ...

The famed music producer said Franklin "stood more for history than any one person I've ever been with" Shahar Azran/Getty; Theo Wargo/Getty Clive Davis looked back on his relationship with Aretha ...

The July 18 evening at the Aretha will include performances by soul-gospel great Mavis Staples and Moroccan music group Bab L’ Bluz. Other performers at the July 16-20 event include Nigerian mainstay ...

As expected from the midpoint of a decade, the center year of the '80s, 1985, was caught between movements, styles and trends. Change has always been the nucleus of any great music; to keep art ...