Aretha Franklin made her first appearance in 35 years at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl and the LA Times review says it was an evening filled with "plenty of oldies (a bravura I Never Loved a Man, a less-than-strong Chain of Fools), torchy turns, church blessings and self-deprecating jokes. Songs included Respect, Angel, Today I Sing the Blues, Ain't No Way and The Greatest Love of All.Paul McCa...
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MUSIC NEWS - NYC will host the inaugural Mandela Day event on July 18, 2009 with a concert at Madison Square Garden to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday. Mandela Day is a call for people around the world to honor Nelson Mandela’s inspiration and values. The hope is that people will observe the day annually not as a holiday, but as a day to join in and realize their full
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Aretha Franklin showed up in D.C. today to sing "America (My Country 'Tis Of Thee)" at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She brought her diva style via a bedazzled fantastic bow/hat. But did Lady Aretha bring her vocal chops? She definitely fell flat on some notes. Should Beyonce, Tina or somebody else have done it?
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Stanley Booth, the wonderful Memphis born and raised writer who chronicled the Rolling Stones in the late 60's and early 70's has a beautiful piece on Jerry Wexler in Newsweek . Read it.~~
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--- - |- Record producer Jerry Wexler, who influenced the careers of singers including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Bob Dylan, has died aged 91. David Ritz, co-author of Mr Wexler's memoirs, said the producer passed away at his home in Sarasota, Florida. Mr Wexler rose to fame as a partner in the influential Atlantic Records label with the late Ahmet Ertegun. He also coined the te...
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A re-issue of a 1973 album, HEY NOW HEY finds the Queen of Soul taking her untouchably powerful set of pipes somewhat leftfield of the straight-ahead Atlantic groove formula of the late '60s. This is not to suggest that the record is neither soulful nor funky. On the contrary, it is both. But, from the ambiguous, trippy cover art to the lush, Quincy Jones string arrangements within, it ...
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OK so my plans to save up for a laptop went out the window the other day when I went to Planet Video. I was only looking for one CD and I ended up with 4. Great. Yeah, but no, but yeah - they were actually awesome. 1. Brighton Treats with Popped Beats: A double CD compilation of a collection of top 40 songs with underground beats. Absolute magic.2. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: What can I say? It...
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www.lanier2.imeem.comAretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records -- "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and sever...
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*Rating* 8.5*How much does this make you wanna party with Aretha?* 9.6There it is in bold, right above this text: Aretha Franklin - Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul. As any fan of Sister Ree would agree...I almost feel like saying anything more would be redundant. And if you do happen to be a fan, then it surely is. This is the long-overdue collection...
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Earlier this year, I had a chance to see Aretha Franklin perform live. After an initial spark of excitement, I reconsidered, and eventually decided not to attend the show. I didn't go because I couldn't bear the pain of listening to Aretha Franklin perform as a shell of her former self.I think all but the most devoted fans would concede that the grand Lady 'Re has lost her instrument. Saying th...
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Aretha Franklin showed up in D.C. today to sing "America (My Country 'Tis Of Thee)" at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She brought her diva style via a bedazzled fantastic bow/hat. But did Lady Aretha bring her vocal chops? She definitely fell flat on some notes. Should Beyonce, Tina or somebody else have done it?
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In her late sixties heyday, Aretha Franklin wasn't wholly noted for performing "straight" blues, but here she is, from 1969, belting out a remake of "Today I Sing the Blues", a tune she first cut in 1960 with the Ray Bryant Combo. This track doesn't appear to have been posted here before.
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Where would Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, and even Led Zeppelin have been without the production skills of Jerry Wexler, and the clever handling that was a trademark of Atlantic Records? This track features the arranging skills of Tom Dowd and King Curtis, in New York.Jerry Wexler died on 15th August. He was 91 years old.
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...If you remember when the acid jazz scene got rolling back in the 90s, you'll recall the mad dash DJs and audiophiles began to really raid the vinyl stacks in record stores all over the place and then suddenly, outside of ordering from catalogues, you'd be hard-pressed to find what became known as rare groove platters in even the best hidden bins of wherever you dug around on the regular...As...
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Aretha Franklin has unearthed previously unreleased material for her upcoming ??Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul?? collection via archival specialist Rhino Records.The double-disc will be released October 16, featuring B-sides, demos and outtakes from Franklin's 13-year history with Atlantic Records.The first disc chronicles the Queen of Soul's initial r...
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