aretha franklin

4 min read 2023-02-11 20:37:11

Burt Bacharach mastered the art of the perfect pop song – and that ain’t easy

A pop pioneer whose songs were performed by the great and good for decades. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images by Gena R. Greher, UMass Lowell Easy

2 min read 2023-02-03 23:56:38

Jazmine Sullivan’s not scared of “Lions, Tigers & Bears” or talking about her journey as an artist for Audible’s Words + Music

2 min read 2022-11-25 00:35:32

Aretha Franklin Once Saved the Day by Stepping up To Sing Opera Photos: s_bukley /Depositphotos As the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin was known for

4 min read 2022-09-13 05:00:00

Music fans weren’t the only ones following Aretha Franklin’s journey in the ’60s and ’70s. According to recently unsealed documents, the

2 min read 2022-09-10 00:44:57

A 270-page document on Aretha Franklin shows that the FBI extensively tracked the 18-time Grammy Award winner throughout her career. The FBI has

3 min read 2022-09-09 09:18:43

It goes without saying that being Black in the 1960s was not easy, and often led to fatal results for those who were outspoken. In a recently

2 min read 2022-08-30 05:04:35

Bad idea, I thought. Just think of how many ways it could fail. Wrong. Completely wrong. The Aretha Franklin Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert

2 min read 2022-08-30 05:04:35

Bad idea, I thought. Just think of how many ways it could fail. Wrong. Completely wrong. The Aretha Franklin Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert

2 min read 2022-08-30 05:04:35

Bad idea, I thought. Just think of how many ways it could fail. Wrong. Completely wrong. The Aretha Franklin Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert

11 min read 2022-08-23 01:54:50

The following information on vocal improvisation is an excerpt from the Berklee Online course Improvisation Techniques for Singing Pop and

4 min read 2022-08-09 23:19:50

The legendary Detroit-born songwriter Lamont Dozier, and member of production trio Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote countless hits on Motown

27 min read 2022-06-22 00:53:02

By: Jack Taylor Teddy Richards As a guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer, it’s fair to say that Teddy Richards is an extremely versatile and

3 min read 2022-06-14 01:38:05

Levon Vincent has been producing records for nearly two decades, starting in Manhattan, New York. His music tastes were shaped by early ’90s house

8 min read 2022-05-17 21:30:00

Don’t sing the song wrong, man. Karaoke is interminable enough. When KISS’s “Rock and Roll All Night” comes on, don’t be like my friend

2 min read 2022-03-01 19:30:00

Grace Franklin, music legend Aretha Franklin‘s 15 year-old granddaughter, auditioned for “American Idol” to fiercely debating trio of judges.