The song, penned before American Independence by a slave trader turned abolitionist, has remained a source of comfort, ...

Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16th at age 76, recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career. It’s a deep catalog, crowded with indisputable classics and hidden gems. Rolling ...

There is a good chance that as you read this, you can’t name an Aretha Franklin album. Sure, you know the hits — “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” “Rock Steady,” “Spanish Harlem” and so many more — that ...

Though legendary film director Sydney Pollack caught the whole raucous scene on film, the footage was from the Amazing Grace concert, complete with a cameo from a captivated Mick Jagger, went largely ...

Shot in an L.A. church during the recording sessions for her fabled 1972 album, Aretha Franklin's 46-year-old gospel concert film is finally seeing the light of day. What it reveals is the glory of ...

It's a good week for long-shelved musical film projects finally getting momentum and making their way to movie screens for eager audiences. First, we got news yesterday that a remake of "Sparkle" ...

"Entering the venue unobtrusively, she smiles briefly, gathers herself for a moment and then starts to sing. Gently at first, but then ever more powerfully... Her voice begins to carry the audience ...

In 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in South Central Los Angeles, 29-year old Aretha Franklin spent two nights in January recording what would become the best-selling Gospel album of ...

On January 13, 1972, Aretha Franklin walked into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles and sang one of the world’s most well-known church hymns, “Amazing Grace." The rest is history.

Mick Jagger talks about a certain Aretha Franklin performance that’s indelibly etched in his memory as if it happened last week, not 46-plus years ago. “It was a really electrifying performance she ...

One of the best concert films in recent years was shot almost 50 years ago. In 1972, Warner Bros. hired filmmaker Sydney Pollack to shoot footage of a small, two-day concert event. Legendary soul ...