Guardian Music — (Sony)After the mega-selling All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor’s second major-label album is supposedly influenced by Elvis, Aretha Franklin and, er, Olly Murs. One can imagine the King purring the acoustic Just a Friend in one of his bad fi... more info

Detroit Free Press — The music of Motown, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and others is featured in 'A Midsummer SOULstice'             more info

Idolator — Hear the soul legend’s touching tribute to the Purple One. more info

AllHipHop — Times like this only shows how much President Obama will be missed. On Friday, the President hosted the All Star Global Concert was underway at the White House in Washington, DC. The concert,created to celebrate International Jazz Day, featured sever... more info

NME — The singer was performing at a White House concert to mark International Jazz Day more info

Stereogum — Yesterday was International Jazz Day, and last night, ABC broadcast an edited version of the All-Star Global Concert that took place on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. Just after Prince’s death, Aretha Franklin went on MSNBC to speak a... more info

Rolling Stone — President Barack Obama and the White House celebrated International Jazz Day Saturday with an all-star concert that featured jazz legends like Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin and Chick Corea and contemporary jazz musicians like Robe... more info

New York Times — An International Jazz Day concert at the White House, only the third of its kind, included performances by Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock and musicians from around the world. more info

Rolling Stone — Aretha Franklin was among the many legendary artists to salute Prince after the music icon died Thursday at the age of 57. "He was definitely an original and a one-of-a-kind. There was truly only one Prince," the soul singer told MSNBC's Bri... more info

The Mirror — The soul legend referred to Prince's recent hospitalisation with 'flu-like symptoms' as she paid tribute more info