mpressive pieces of street art paying tribute to Aretha Franklin have been crafted on walls in East London after the singer's death. Aretha, the 'Queen of Soul' died yesterday following a battle ...

Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” has died, a family statement said Thursday. She was 76. Franklin died ...

But as good as Elvis’ version is, he wasn’t Aretha. And Art Garfunkel ... the biggest of big pop anthems that required the biggest voice on earth to do it justice. Franklin didn’t put ...

Parsing out Aretha ... affected by Franklin’s music. But her vision feels especially trenchant and generous today, given the resurgence of overtly, radically black popular art and music.

I first encountered Aretha Franklin in the pile of vinyl ... Over the next 50 years, Franklin climbed the pop and R&B charts again and again and again, ultimately earning 73 entries on the ...

In prioritizing political experience over religious faith, Pollack’s documentary misses the heart and genius of Franklin’s art. Aretha Franklin ... Got Over” and a pop-gospel medley ...

When Franklin’s clarion ... musical luminaries Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington and gospel great Clara Ward. Barbara and C.L.’s marriage ended when Aretha was 6, a parting widely ...

Before she became a soul-singing superstar, Aretha Louise Franklin was a young pop-jazz singer struggling ... had celebrity company (jazz pianist Art Tatum and singer Sam Cooke were frequent ...

Impressive pieces of street art paying tribute to Aretha Franklin have been crafted on walls in East London after the singer's death. Aretha, the 'Queen of Soul' died yesterday following a battle ...