From operatic highs to earth-shaking lows, these singers pushed the limits of what the human voice can do. Vocal range isn’t ...

And, if you want to avoid Christmas altogether, there’s the usual round-up – Babyshambles, Tom Hingley, a new supergroup ...

Joe Cocker transformed The Beatles’ With a Little Help from My Friends into a bluesy masterpiece during his legendary ...

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 ...

Imagine that you have wished to host the Honors all your life. Now you get to. The honorees are several of your favorites.

It's no secret that the Great Depression gave rise to some of the most fascinating dishes in American culinary history. Iconic dishes like banana sandwiches and meatloaf were created out of necessity ...

Franklin councilman Sam Lyons, left, looks on as Mayor Doug Baker speaks at the council meeting Monday evening. It was Lyons' last meeting, as he decided to retire and not run for re-election this ...

Guests at a Manteca family resort woke up Thanksgiving morning to find broken glass scattered across the parking lot. The Manteca Police Department said officers responded at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

There are only a handful of people alive today who participated in the formation of modern gospel music in Chicago during the 1930s and 1940s. Fewer still worked directly with the genre’s founding ...