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Tuesday, November 25 2008

Day One: Frank Zappa to The Band

A Sgt. Pepper's-inspired satire…a platter of pure soul sizzle…the second act of rock's Warhol-weaned avant-garde…the beautiful noise of two voices in unison…and a backup 'band' comes into their own. Five definitive LPs -- five statements of solid rock royalty.


Tuesday, July 17 2007

Part 2: Janis Ian to Jimi Hendrix (1966-1970)

Music truly is the universal language. The best songs of protest are passed around, from movement-to-movement, era-to-era; its singers gaining multilingual fluency along the way.


Reviews

Friday, March 25 2011

Aretha Franklin: Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia

Was Aretha's talent wasted before she went to Atlantic Records? You decide.


Friday, October 26 2007

Aretha Franklin: Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul

Two-disc compilation offers up a wealth of demos, outtakes, alternate versions, and B-sides from Franklin's 1966-1974 Atlantic sessions.


Thursday, August 17 2006

Aretha Franklin: Live at Fillmore West

Live at Fillmore West puts the exclamation point in "Queen of Soul!"


Friday, August 5 2005

Aretha Franklin: Jazz Moods: Round Midnight

Classic jazz, classic Aretha. Need anything more be said?"


Friday, October 18 2002

Aretha Franklin: The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960-1965)

Arguably one of the most important recordings done by a black artists in the post-Civil Rights era, throughout Amazing Grace Franklin seamlessly weaves through traditional sacred recordings.


Blogs

Tuesday, March 24 2009

Good Grief: Pop, Dialogue and Detroit Natives

Indeed, a people who feel unloved are capable of anything. A people who feel loved are capable of everything.


News

Tuesday, March 29 2011

New boxed set explores Aretha Franklin's early work

You know the Aretha Franklin classics, the hits and the chestnuts, perhaps even the deeper album cuts from her soul years with Atlantic Records and…


Wednesday, April 25 2007

Mum's pretty much the word for Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin plans to tell her life story twice -- first in a stage musical due out next year, followed by a film version. But…


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