Nancy Wilson shares which Heart song ‘was hard to get behind’ ahead of Hershey concert

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

Dawn Pemberton celebrates the Amazing Grace of Aretha Franklin at VIFF

The Victoria edition of Tower of Song, held at the McPherson Playhouse on November 8, offered some truly remarkable interpretations of the music of Leonard Cohen. The most daring take on any of ...
clickondetroit.com

National Music Walk of Fame project eyes Hart Plaza for Aretha Franklin statue

DETROIT – Detroit could soon become home to a significant cultural landmark honoring some of America’s most legendary music icons, including the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. LaMont Robinson, ...
The Root

What You Don’t Know About Aretha Franklin’s Wildly Controversial Secret Romances

Beneath the surface of Aretha Franklin‘s iconic public persona lay a complex web of lovers and entanglements, some more passionate than others, and some fraught with tension, with most of them kept ...
collider

This Forgotten Aretha Franklin Song Is Her Most Emotional—And The Hidden Muse Is a Surprise

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...
People

Clive Davis Recalls Aretha Franklin Asking Him 'Could I Have Hits Again?' at Nearly 40

The famed music producer said Franklin "stood more for history than any one person I've ever been with" Shahar Azran/Getty; Theo Wargo/Getty Clive Davis looked back on his relationship with Aretha ...
Queerty

That time George Michael & Aretha Franklin joined forces to create a Grammy-winning #1 hit

Image Credit: ‘ I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” Arista Records On this day in 1987, George Michael and Aretha Franklin’s “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” went to #1 on the Billboard charts, ...
USA Today

See inside: Aretha Franklin’s Rose Estate blooms after $2 million makeover

Aretha Franklin purchased the Rose Estate in 1994, but the home fell into disrepair in the years before her death. Detroiters Trevor Thomas and Brandon Lynum purchased and restored the home, ...
The Spokesman-Review

Cristina Raè, lead vocalist of Aretha Franklin Broadway touring musical ‘R.E.S.P.E.C.T,’ talks young stage fright, ‘America’s Got Talent’ and perseverance

Where: First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Cost: $49.50-$89.50. Tickets available through broadwayspokane.com. To hear Cristina Raè talk about her earliest stage ...
Rolling Stone

Aretha Franklin Was the ‘Queen of Soul.’ Peter Wolf Found Out Firsthand

For those who came of age during the early days of MTV, Peter Wolf will forever be known as the frontman of the J. Geils Band, whose “Centerfold” and “Freeze Frame” videos were as much a channel ...
Mansion Global

Aretha Franklin’s Detroit-Area Home, Once Asking $1.2 Million, Finally Finds a Buyer

Aretha Franklin’s Detroit-area home has found a buyer after spending years on and off the market. Located about 25 miles northwest of Detroit, the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, house first hit the ...