In the past year alone, Lukas Nelson has played all over world with his band Promise of the Real, collaborated with Lady Gaga on the A Star Is Born soundtrack and appeared alongside her in the movie, and continued to blow minds as Neil Young‘s lead guitar player both in …
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Each night of Black Light, Daniel Alexander Jones straps on his platform heels, wears his assortment of sequined gowns and dons a beautiful wig, transforming into Jomama Jones. She’s an intimidating woman of contradictions who takes the audience on a musical journey that fuses everything from the Black American Freedom …
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What happened? Somehow the American Music Awards turned out to be bizarrely undisastrous this year. As cheesy award shows go, this one has always been on a sub-cheddar level, usually held back for the holiday season and usually totally ignored. But for some reason, the AMAs decided to be a …
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An exhibit dedicated to the life and legacy of Aretha Franklin will open this week at a Detroit museum. The estate-approved “Think: A Tribute to the Queen of Soul” arrives at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History this Tuesday and will exhibit until January 21st, 2019. “This …
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Ariana Grande paid tribute toAretha Franklin with a rendition of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” at the Queen of Soul’s funeral ceremony at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit on Friday. Grande the 1967 classic coolly, largely avoiding the melismatic displays that she is known for. The …
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Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16th at age 76, recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career. It’s a deep catalog, crowded with indisputable classics and hidden gems. Rolling Stone’s music staff is paying its R.E.S.P.E.C.T.s to the Queen with tributes to our favorite Aretha LPs. Next …
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Smokey Robinson joined Aretha Franklin for a stunning rendition of the Robinson-penned “Ooo Baby Baby” on Soul Train in 1979. At the time, Franklin was going through a commercial drought: Her last Top 20 crossover hit was released in 1974, and she hadn’t had much success with the disco wave …
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