Features
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…
