Posts tagged Aretha Franklin

When the Queen of Soul records a live album at one of the iconic live rock venues, things are never going to be anything less …

Ashford & Simpson made their name knocking out tunes for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Aretha, Diana Ross and Chaka Khan before joining a long …

Something of an overlooked gem among the albums Aretha Franklin recorded during her creative peak, Spirit in the Dark is an album that is overshadowed …

I have no wish to put the cat among the pigeons, but I have to confess that I marginally prefer Aretha Now above the more …

From a modern perspective, it’s staggering to look back at the career of Aretha Franklin and realised that at the point in her career in …

Text message: “Can we wait until half time ?  I’ll call u in 20 mins”.  It’s a finely balanced 0-0 at the Vicente Calderón stadium, so …