DrownedInSound — Rarely has an artist taken on the task of interpreting others’ work with such masterful grace and gusto more info

Core News — “Tonight’s show is a celebration of Aretha Franklin’s music, career and legacy. Craig Charles says: “She wasn’t just the Queen of Soul, she was the Queen of Gospel and the Queen of my heart.”” Check out other Craig Charles Funk & Soul s... more info

Consequence of Sound — Fans and admirers will be able to pay respects at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The Queen of Soul had been 'adamant' that the Chicago native play her, says producer, vowing to carry out her wishes. more info

Detroit Free Press — The Sunday service led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson focused on Franklin's work in the civil rights struggle.             more info

JamBase — Watch Brandi Carlile, Jim James and Darlingside perform "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "Respect" as a tribute to The Queen of Soul. The post Brandi Carlile Teams With Jim James & Darlingside To Honor Aretha Franklin In Los Angeles appeared firs... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — In the end, however Franklin chose to describe her impact on women, she left them words to live by — in the world, and in relationships. more info

Detroit Free Press — Aretha Franklin showed what it means to be an independent woman, a sensual woman, a woman capable of demanding what she wants, and getting it.             more info

Detroit Free Press — Aretha Franklin represented success and pride when those could be in short supply for black women. Even in death, she continues to inspire.             more info

Guardian Music — The queen of soul’s fraught personal life informed songs that will endure in the hearts of people all over the worldIn January 1967, Aretha Franklin, 24 years old and newly signed to Atlantic Records, left Detroit, her home city, for the small... more info