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“This was a significant step forward. We’ve narrowed the remaining issues,” said Charles McKelvie, an attorney for youngest son Kecalf Franklin
From Sinatra to SZA, from R&B to salsa to alt-rock
The agency tried — and failed — for decades to tie the Queen of Soul to "extremists"
The album transcends religious boundaries and showcases the singer in her finest vocal shape
Like a soldier after the trenches, New York is a different city amidst the dystopic reality of COVID-19, and yet there is hope to be found
The Grammy award-winning post-modern blues maestro will be returning to India for the Mahindra Blues Festival this weekend
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section member could be heard on hundreds of records and worked with Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Wilson Pickett and Lynyrd Skynyrd
Concert film of the Queen of Soul’s 1972 gospel shows has taken decades to see the light of day — and it’s more than worth the wait
From Cher’s record-smashing “Believe” to Louis Prima’s posthumous comeback, we look back at musicians who made their way back to the charts after a lengthy break
Although most famous for being the Queen of Soul, the other side of Franklin’s career saw her support activism, feminism and the civil rights movement
