Cynthia Johnson, a Grammy Award-winning singer and Minnesota Music Hall of Fame inductee, reflects on her musical journey.
Aretha Franklin
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REVIEW: Music soars in entertaining biopic about the Queen of Soul
What’s on view is so fascinating and the storyline so involving and consequential that when the film ends at Franklin’s famous church concert, you wish there was more.
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‘Amazing Grace’: a compelling look behind an Aretha Franklin classic
With the best of intentions, director Sydney Pollack and his crew filmed the Queen of Soul as she performed over two days, January 2 and 3, at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in 1972.
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Paying our last respects to Aretha
Aretha Franklin wasn’t called “The Queen of Soul” for being a one-hit wonder. Franklin died last week of pancreatic cancer at age 76 in her Detroit home. Despite her worldwide fame, she never forgot her Motor City roots, which were grounded at the church of her late father, Rev. C.L. Franklin. She taught herself to […]
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A voice unparalleled: ‘Queen of Soul,’ Aretha Franklin, dies at 76
Aretha Franklin leaves an iconic legacy instrumental in changing popular music the world over.