L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — With it’s long-running “Divas” concert franchise, VH1 has over the years managed to snag an impressive array of female powerhouse vocalists, including veterans such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and younger divas Beyoncé, K... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... The Best of Ian & Sylvia (misleadingly-titled two-fer LP set featuring the pair's excellent early 1970s albums for Columbia "Ian & Sylvia" and "You Were on My Mind," with Great Speckled Bird providing instrumental backing on the ... more info

Guardian Music — Though not as well-known as Marvin Gaye or James Brown, Solomon Burke, who died on Sunday aged 70, is perhaps the greatest soul singer of all timeSome things we can all agree on. The greatest footballer of all time? Pele. The greatest movie actor? Br... more info

Guardian Music — Packing more links than a Sainsbury's meat counter, here are your musical highlights for the weekFive things we learned from the newsThe cast of Glee are bigger than the Beatles (ergo, bigger than Jesus?) How much money it takes for Weezer to split u... more info

ContactMusic — ARETHA FRANKLIN gave civil rights activist REVEREND AL SHARPTON a special birthday gift on Sunday (03Oct10) by serenading him over the phone.The renowned campaigner turned... more info

Totally Fuzzy — olegelagin said... Vinegar ~ 1971 ~ Vinegar the Ventures ~ 2002 ~ Christmas Joy Venegoni & Co ~ 2003 ~ Live... Somewhere in the Seventies... Veludo ~ 1975 ~ Ao Vivo Vanilla Fudge ~ 1993 ~ Psychedelic Sundae: the Best of Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Fudge ~ ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Aretha Franklin has come to the defence of her badly beaten son following reports he refused to co-operate with police in the aftermath of his gas station attack - insisting his injuries prevented him from giving a statement. Eddie Franklin,... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — We admit it, we're obsessed with Richie Four Four 's Supercuts: He's the dude who made the "I'm not here to make friends" reality montage, and the terrifying "Mirror Scare" supercut. But this Aretha Franklin remix of her recent appearance on a PBS f... more info

ContactMusic — ARETHA FRANKLIN has come to the defence of her badly beaten son following reports he refused to co-operate with police in the aftermath of his gas station attack - insisting... more info

Dlisted — The black clouds above Aretha Franklin are slowly starting to part and the sun is now shining down on her bosoms of life! This is good news for every living thing on this planet, because Aretha's photosynthetitties give us all oxygen. Yes, y... more info