An exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum examines an Alabama region’s history as a recording mecca, ...

Icons who created to survive Late-night studio sessions hold more than track recordings. For certain legendary musicians, ...

On Dec. 11, Aretha Franklin staged her first New York City gig, and Run-DMC became the first hip-hop group to cover a song of ...

Young Aretha would meet visitors to the Franklin home from every walk of life, including some of the most prominent gospel musicians of the day (Clara Ward and James Cleveland), many of the great ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Beyoncé did “Jolene.” But pop music has mostly abandoned the art of covering other people’s music. By Wesley Morris, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Elyssa Dudley, Austin Mitchell, Janelle Anderson, John ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gospel music experts discuss the evolution and influence of Black religious music in America. For Black Music Month, American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the influence of ...

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 ...

ACADIA PARISH — Nestled in Crowley, Joseph ‘Pip’ Savoy has spent decades curating a living tribute to Aretha Franklin—a space that blends his passion for music with his deep admiration for the Queen ...