Happy (belated) birthday to the Queen of Soul! Aretha Franklin, born March 25, 1942, left an indelible mark on music, culture, and civil rights. Her voice—powerful, passionate, and ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her idol in the 2021 biopic Respect. “You know, I didn’t realize how much of an ...

She has the greatest, most powerful, most torrential singing voice of all time. Even without reading it, you know who the person is. That’s right, soul singer Aretha Franklin. By just opening her ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This marks the third time I’ve written about the late, great Aretha Franklin – and for good reason. Her musical career spanned more than five decades, earning her the well-deserved ...

When Aretha Franklin recorded I Say a Little Prayer, she didn’t just cover a Dionne Warwick song, she reshaped it into a ...

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

Why yes, it is the Queen of Soul herself, and she will be performing in Nashville. Next year. Next spring, in fact. According to the twitters, Aretha Franklin will play The Ryman April 25, 2010—a mere ...

Aretha Franklin is one of the few artists who could perform Mariah Carey songs and do them justice. The Queen of Soul covered some of Carey’s tunes but one was too risque for her to sing it in full.

The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre will kick off its 2024 Jazzy Nights series on Wednesday with Grammy-winning soul singer Lalah Hathaway and saxophonist Mike Phillips. Hathaway told the Free Press ...