Aretha Franklin News

Frankie Valli, J.Lo and Aretha Franklin vs. Bruno Mars, Christina Aguilera and Cher: THR breaks down the big gets -- and who won.

This latest MY MUSIC special, 70s & 80s Soul Rewind, presents more classic soul, R&B and dance from the 1970s and early 1980s.

By Clifford Davids It was well north of midnight on April 4, 1977 when a giddy and triumphant Annette Snell laid down the final vocal track of the recording session.

The anonymous voices behind the music of so many familiar songs are finally stepping into the foreground.

The Sensational Nightingales will perform at Juneteenth Saturday. In this photo, the Nightingales are Darrell Luster, Joseph "Jo Jo" Wallace, Larry Moore and Horace Thompson.

Tucked away in the scenic and historic district of downtown Fredericksburg , Texas is a treasure of entertainment that should be on everyone's to-do list.

"Music is supposed to move you very deeply," Mack Emerman once said. "It's best when the sound overwhelms you."

This act features local heroes Mick Gilliker on lead vocal, Jeff Henson on double and electric bass, alongside Jazz guitar virtuoso Nick Mellor with Nearly Dan Band members Gary Davies on piano and Carl Hemmingsley on drums.

By Farai Chideya Farai has covered Presidential elections, natural disasters, and dictatorships -- as well as the arts and technology -- in a two-decade journalism career that spans print, radio, digital, and televised media.

The Queen of Soul is named on witness lists filed in a fight over royalties between a songwriter and Franklin's publishing company.

In the radio and music industry, June is considered Black Music Month, and in honor of that, NY1's Dean Meminger is profiling several music legends in his series Soul's Survivors.

This new special is a follow up to two popular MY MUSIC programs -- 70s Soul Superstars with Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin presents: Soul Rewind.

Soul star George Benson's career has spanned half a century and included hit after hit as well as collaborations with the likes of Aretha Franklin and Al Jarreau.

INDIGENOUS singer Christine Anu will perform on Saturday, June 15, at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre as part of her Rewind - The Aretha Franklin Songbook tour.

It's the last evening of Riverfest and headliners Dierks Bentley and Peter Frampton are drawing in huge crowds.

A spokesperson for the legendary Queen of Soul, 71, announced that she is taking a break from performing during the month of June.

After canceling a pair of concerts this month because of unspecified medical issues, Aretha Franklin apparently is now set to take a break from touring until July.

Aretha Franklin has rescheduled her June 22 performance at DTE Energy Music Theatre to July 27 at 8 p.m. Refunds are available at point of purchase and tickets for the June 22 date will be honored at the venue on July 27.

US President Barack Obama presented King with the honour, which celebrates a lifetime achievement in popular music, at the White House in Washington.

Rock icon DAVID BOWIE has paid tribute to his former bandmate TREVOR BOLDER after the bassist lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Tuesday .