In the wake of Aretha Franklin’s passing at age 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, few words can be said to truly give credit to the groundbreaking contributions made by Queen of Soul. As we ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Aretha Franklin—and I doubt it’ll be the last. With a career as monumental and emotionally layered as hers, every return to her ...

Clive Davis looked back on his relationship with Aretha Franklin while being inducted into the Apollo Walk of Fame at the historic theater’s 2025 spring benefit in New York City PEOPLE was in the room ...

Young Aretha would meet visitors to the Franklin home from every walk of life, including some of the most prominent gospel musicians of the day (Clara Ward and James Cleveland), many of the great ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...