Angel

Aretha Franklin’s A Brand New Me (With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 2017) is a beautiful collection of reimagined tracks, many… Read more Angel

Won’t Be Long

Recorded: 1960-08-01 to 1961-01-10 at Columbia Recording Studios, with the Ray Bryant Combo. ARETHA.

We mark the passing, yesterday, of one of the giants among us. This one hurts. Baby, baby, baby I love… Read more RIP Aretha

The Beam Me Up Scotty’s Series, Part 12/25 (LP) Let’s go back to Aretha circa 1974 (the year I was… Read more Aretha Franklin – Let Me In Your Life

The Beam Me Up Scotty’s Series, Part 9 (LP) Aretha jams a soulful intro to Jimmy Lee before it devolves… Read more Aretha Franklin – Aretha

[Atlantic Records SD-8227, 1969] I think you can tell, in my early days of buying vinyls, that I am after… Read more Aretha Franklin – Aretha’s Gold