In 1972, Aretha Franklin who had by then had some 11 consecutive hits including, “Respect,” “Think” and “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman” decided to record a live gospel album. Over two nights ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - A Detroit church swelled with the sound of gospel music on Friday as family, friends and fans of Aretha Franklin bid rousing farewell to the Queen of Soul at a funeral that ...
Aretha Franklin’s soulful songs still define Black Music Month, honoring her power, grace, and influence on generations of ...
The Charleston Gospel Choir offers its "Queen of Soul and Gospel: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin" as a part of this year's Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Credit: Taylor Czerwinski After a first performance ...
To celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here. On Aug. 31, ...
Aretha Franklin, live at the piano, at the pinnacle of her powers. That summation should motivate just about anyone with an interest in popular music over the last 60 years to ease on down to the ...
LOS ANGELES — One of Hollywood’s holy grails, “Amazing Grace,” capturing what is considered to be Aretha Franklin’s most transcendent gospel performance, is headed to theaters 46 years after it was ...
The biggest night in Gospel music will be honoring one of the biggest voices in the genre’s history on Easter Sunday. Also, Franklin’s son Kecalf Franklin, grandson Jordan Franklin, and cousin were ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the ...
From Kanye West’s Coachella Sunday Service live stream (screenshot by Hyperallergic) Kanye’s Coachella set list incorporated traditional hymns, pop odes by Stevie Wonder and DMX, and his own music, ...
The MSG event, held Aug. 28, 1960, was the second annual gathering of Black church groups organized by Joe Bostic of station WLIB; it drew 10,000 audience members. Other performers included Sister ...