Totally Fuzzy — Alabama and soul music share a long and rich history, just think of the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and owner Rick Hall's legendary productions in the 60s. Connecting to that legacy of rythm and blues inspired soul music is the band A... more info

411 Mania — Showing her support now that gay marriage has been legalized.... more info

Perez Hilton — Wow! Regardless if the wedding was gay or straight, having Aretha Franklin singing for you on your special is pretty INCREDIBLE! We just think it is extra fantastic she was showing her support for marriage equality! Just four months after New York le... more info

ContactMusic — Aretha Franklin came out to sing at the wedding of a high-profile gay couple in New York on Sunday night 23Oct11 four months after the state legalised same-sex marriages The music veteran was the star guest as the former Intrepid Museum president Bil... more info

Soul Sides — Page Turner is an Asian American literary festival going down on October 29th and besides celebrating the 20th anniversary of NY’s Asian American Writer’s Workshop, it also benefits up-and-coming authors who have made use of the Workshop’s res... more info

Perez Hilton — Here's some exciting, happy news! This weekend, there will be a dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. monument on the National Mall. Originally planned for late August, the event needed to be postponed because that b*tch Irene had a mental break... more info

Soul Sides — Aaron and I have corresponded through the years – we’re mutual fans of one another’s musical interests – and he was in Los Angeles in late August to screen the (hopefully) forthcoming documentary on Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace, her bes... more info

Dlisted — Production for the Mahalia Jackson biopic starring Fantasia was supposed to start any day now, but then a little thing called "Fanny's ovaries eating up the sperm fish of a married douche" happened and everything was pushed back. Instead of reca... more info

Topix — This week the Peabody Opera House, a historic monument to St. Louis' great gilded entertainment past, opened with performances by Tonight Show host Jay Leno and soul legend Aretha Franklin. more info

Guardian Music — Guitarist with the Miracles who co-wrote their 1965 hit The Tracks of My TearsSoft and dreamy, a perfect pre-echo of the song's exquisitely swooning melancholy, the guitar lead-in to The Tracks of My Tears, the 1965 hit by the Miracles, remains one o... more info