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

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, ...

Things are changing over at BET. In a recent interview with Billboard, the Black Entertainment Television network’s CEO, Scott Mills, reflected on BET’s history and the future of popular programs like ...

(RNS) — What would a conversation between Aretha Franklin and the Apostle Paul sound like? The question may seem random, as the two figures are so different. One is the Queen of Soul, a Memphis native ...

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 ...

The Apple TV+ documentary series 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything caught my attention for a deeply personal reason: it was the year I was born. As I watched, I was struck not only by the ...

American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist Aretha Franklin performing in Detroit, MI. Aretha Franklin’s "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" was released as her Atlantic ...

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 ...

These Quadraphonic albums have been digitized from analog four-track Quad mixes and are now available on Blu-ray discs. Each disc includes quadraphonic and stereo mixes presented in 24-bit/192kHz ...

Joe Simon performs "Power of Love" and "I Found My Dad". The Sylvers perform "Wish That I Could Talk to You" and "Fool's Paradise". Billy Paul performs "Me and Mrs. Jones" and "This is Your Life." ...