Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin’s “Aretha (1980 album)” Reviewed
it is pretty good and the next will be better
Aretha Franklin’s “La Diva” Reviewed
disco plus
Aretha Franklin’s “Almighty Fire” Reviewed
wait a second, this WASN’T released on CD or streaming?
Aretha Franklin’s “Sweet Passion” Reviewed
excavates her sweet passion with consistency and pop power
Aretha Franklin’s “Sparkle” Reviewed
reminds you why you are a soul fanatic in the first place
Aretha Franklin’s “You” Reviewed
prime Aretha at the age of 33
Aretha Franklin’s “With Everything I Feel in Me” Reviewed
build it into a box set and release it to streaming services
Rolling Stone’s Latest Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time List – Bye Bye, Boomer, Bye Bye
how little this list has in common with the prior ones
Aretha Franklin’s “Let Me Be In Your Life” Reviewed
disposable but still indispensable soul god serendipity
“The Best of Aretha Franklin” Reviewed
put The Best Of right next to Amazing Grace and Sparkle
Aretha Franklin’s “Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)” Reviewed
maybe three times it all comes together
Aretha Franklin’s “Amazing Grace” Reviewed
Through the lens of Christianity, Aretha could let loose
Aretha Franklin’s “Young, Gifted And Black” Reviewed
she is at the pinnacle of her pop moment
Aretha Franklin’s “Aretha Live at Fillmore West” Reviewed
Aretha is nothing if not a business woman
The Musical Tastes Of Our Ex-Presidents
‘Gregg Allman and the Allman Brothers just about put me in the White House’
What Does Vice-President Kamala Harris Listen To?
tunes she’s listening to while traveling around the country
What Kind Of Music Does Joe Biden Listen To?
This is the list of a peaceful man who has faith in humanity
Best Of 2020: Albums In Alphabetical Order Through October 31st, 2020
she can swing like Count Basie swings…
Aretha Franklin’s “Aretha’s Greatest Hits” Reviewed
no let up in quality
The Gigantic List Published By Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
Was this list really worth the effort?
Aretha Franklin’s “Spirit In The Dark” Reviewed
a self-confidence that is overwhelming because it isn’t arrogance, it is skill on every single level of her gift
Aretha Franklin’s “This Girl’s In Love With You” Reviewed
It’s those three songs that sink her
Aretha Franklin’s “Aretha’s Gold” Reviewed
start here
The Greatest Albums Of All Time Right This Minute Female Division
for what it’s worth the first two are undeniable….
Aretha Franklin’s Soul ’69
jazz isn’t gospel
Aretha Franklin’s Aretha In Paris (Live) Reviewed
the submissive and the soul royalty
Music Deaths 2018 Alphabetized and Graded
from opposite ends of the lifespan
The Best 75 Concerts Of The Decade: 2010 – 2019 In Order Of Preference
Best Concerts Of The Decade
Aretha Franklin’s “Aretha Now” Reviewed
From Womack to Isaac Hayes, the cream of American Black artistry is here
Aretha Franklin’s “Lady Soul” Review
transform everything it touches, including the listener
Aretha Franklin’s “Take A Look” Reviewed
Don’t try and litigate the case again
Aretha Franklin’s “Aretha Arrives” Reviewed
why in an attempt to replicate a masterpiece did she not show more quality control on the material?
Aretha Franklin’s “I’ve Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You” Reviewed
the Southern baptist religious roar put across pop songs like a layer of faith over pain
Aretha Franklin’s “Take It Like You Give It” Reviewed
Columbia didn’t trust their star so they tried to salt the mine with songs that were so unsuitable
Aretha Franklin’s “Soul Sister” Reviewed
And still Columbia don’t have the slightest idea what to do with the greatest singer of her generation
Aretha Franklin’s “Songs Of Faith” Reviewed
returns the young Aretha to a world of the Church that the world of the Church stole from her
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 600 to 591
as soon as he thinks he’s got me, the fish jumps off the hook
Aretha Franklin’s “Yeah!!!” Reviewed
Years into Aretha’s career and they still don’t know what to do with her.
Aretha Franklin’s “Runnin’ Out Of Fools” Reviewed
skilful, soulful sweetness, without the anxiety and womanliness that was yet to come
Aretha Franklin’s “Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington” Reviewed
It isn’t just important history, it is thrilling music
Aretha Franklin’s “Laughing On The Outside” Reviewed
Aretha was not the crying on the inside type
Aretha Franklin’s “The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin” Reviewed
The template for soul wasn’t in place
“The Electrifying Aretha Franklin” Reviewed
it sounds like more than what it is
“Aretha Franklin with the Ray Bryant Combo” Reviewed
Hammond could hear it without being able to tap into it and let us hear it
Aretha Franklin Next
On the first song, on her first album it has been worth it.
The 25 Greatest #1 Singles of the 1960s
an end to the exhaustion and sacrifice of a raw deal
Tribute: Aretha Franklin In 2009
Shine against your will, indeed.
Tribute: Aretha Franklin Sparkles Returned
She doesn’t just sing soul, she gives a part of her soul
Jam Today: Thursday, August 16th, 2018
the woman performed the single best concert I have ever seen
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 160 to 151
a woman concerned about her lover in Vietnam