How Aretha Franklin accidentally recorded one of her biggest hits in New York City

In 1968, Franklin arrived at Atlantic’s studio intending to record songs for what would become her 13th studio album, 'Aretha Now'.

Aretha Franklin Crowned 'Best Singer of All Time' by Rolling Stone

When Rolling Stone ranked the 200 best singers of all time, the top 10 included artists with hits going as far back as the ...

Legacy of Gospel music; survival and hope through song

Songs of survival, defeat and hope swept through cotton fields in the antebellum south. Slaves used them to navigate a brutal ...
The Herald-Times

New docu-concert on Phil Collins shares his life, music in Nashville

The music and life of the award-winning British pop rock star is focus of the docu-concert coming March 14 to Brown County ...

Historic Overtown nightclub celebrated during Black History Month

A Night at The Sir John’s Knight Beat, a celebration of iconic Knight Beat club at The Sir John hotel, will be hosted at the ...
Evanston RoundTable

The McNary Experience to make soulful return to Evanston Saturday with Aretha Franklin tribute show

For Qiana McNary, vocalist and leader of the eight-piece ensemble The McNary Experience, honoring Aretha Franklin felt like a natural, if daunting, choice ...