Aretha Franklin’s visits to Los Angeles were relatively few and far between throughout her career, a function of her aversion to flying. Typically, she would travel to gigs the old-school way, by tour ...

The late, great Aretha Franklin had a lot of, well, respect for the piano. In honor of her recently released biopic, Respect, Steinway is auctioning a colorful custom piano designed in part by its ...

Aretha Franklin showed she had an eye for top talent at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition. The 69-year-old soul star attended the finals in Washington, DC at the weekend and the ...

For years we’ve been inspired by Aretha Franklin’s soulful vocals but how many times have we seen her hit the keys? Check out the talented diva’s rare performance of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” on ...

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin may now have reason to re-visit one of her hits, "Until You Come Back to Me," while thinking of the piano she's long favored for performances and recordings, since ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Denita Asberry brings charisma portrayed by a genuine legend to her performance as ...

A small, sterling selection of the best stripped-down performances the Queen of Soul delivered in her later years. Aretha Franklin may have had her heyday in the 1960s, but in the last years of her ...

Aretha Franklin, who died at her Detroit home on Thursday at age 76, earned her Queen of Soul title even before “Respect” became a huge hit for her in 1967. Her unmatched talent was just that obvious ...

Video of Aretha Franklin’s stunning solo piano rendition of the yuletide classic “O Tannenbaum” —performed in 2015 at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center — has been released for the first time. The ...

The holiday classic originally appeared on the late icon's 2008 holiday album This Christmas, which will released on vinyl for the first time on Nov. 16. By Rania Aniftos A new solo piano mix of one ...

Jennifer Hudson‘s latest film role inspired her to play the piano. The 38-year-old singer portrays Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biographical drama Respect, and Hudson has revealed she’s currently ...