Aretha Franklin

In Debra Lee's new memoir, she looks back at her life as well as her time at Black Entertainment Television.

Before the "Queen of Soul" died in 2018, Aretha Franklin hand-picked Jennifer Hudson to play the part.

Even well-worn notes can sound freshly resonant in the right hands. A new film about Franklin's early years doesn't entirely avoid biopic conventions, but there's real intelligence and feeling in it.

The past is always present — but with a practically endless selection of music to choose from via the web, it's nice when some of the world's best record labels help excavate it for us.

After the singer's death last August, lawyers and family said that she had left no final instructions. But on Monday, three handwritten wills, found in her home, were filed in a Michigan court.

The Pulitzer Prize Board recently awarded Franklin, who died in 2018, with a special citation for her "indelible contribution" to American music and culture. Originally broadcast in 1999.

A look back at the extraordinary creative souls we lost in 2018, from producer Richard Swift and opera singer Montserrat Caballé to rapper Mac Miller and Aretha Franklin.

It's been worth the long, long wait: Amazing Grace, made in January 1972, is an extraordinary document that depicts an artist at her technical, creative and spiritual heights.

One of the most powerful and beloved voices of all time died Thursday in Detroit.

Five critics join forces on this week's All Songs Considered to unpack the some of the highlights of Turning The Tables.