Aretha Franklin was known as the queen of soul for her music, so it makes sense that she would be a big soul food fan. Here was her favorite dish.

After joining the band Heart and selling tens of millions of albums with hits like “Baracuda,” “These Dreams,” “What About ...

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 ...

Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit ...

On September 12th, Nelson drove down to the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, in Camden. His band, a four-piece, was dressed all in ...

Ghost Hounds, which SAVNT described as a mix of Lightnin’ Hopkins, the Rolling Stones, and Chris Stapleton, is the brain child of guitarist Thomas Tull, a media-shy billionaire whose past ventures ...

In the age of streaming, reissues are literally a volume business. Of 2025’s 10 best archival collections and anniversary ...

Todd Burge reflects on the songs and albums that shaped his year, including favorites from folk, rock, soul, and Americana.

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

The British band Fine Young Cannibals seemingly disappeared at the height of success -- a double-platinum album and ...