Finding Aretha Franklin From: Goldmine | Date: November 9, 2007| Author: Lindblad, Peter | Copyright Krause Publications Nov 9, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

New collection from Rhino unearths rare gems from the 'Queen of Soul'

The voice is unmistakably Aretha. Deeply soulful, defiant and proud, at times tender and full of longing and desire, but also wracked with pain - hers is the sound of a woman actually roaring.

What's largely forgotten in conversations about the music of Aretha Franklin, though, are her piano chops.

Smokey Robinson once talked with writer David Ritz about growing up with Aretha Franklin in Detroit for a ...

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	CD Reviews: Aretha Franklin So Damn Happy (Arista / BMG).(Features) The Birmingham Post (England) ; ... s Ain't No Way gives her the opportunity to wail, while Norman West of The Soul Children contributes the gospel-charged Good News. But just imagine how fantastic they'd sound if Aretha was pounding those eighty-eights. In the end though, any new Aretha Franklin ...
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	Aretha Franklin soulfully rocks Radio City New York Amsterdam News ; Rogers, Charles E. New York Amsterdam News 10-01-2003 All hail Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, who last Saturday evening came to New ... I suspect the majority of us there, feeling "So Damn Happy." Article copyright The Amsterdam News. V.94;
	Mum's pretty much the word for Aretha Franklin. Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) ; ... description. Where did that come from? she says. I think I elaborate nicely. ___ (c) 2007, The Dallas Morning News. Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide Web at http://www.dallasnews.com/ Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services ...
	Aretha Franklin's 'Happy' Return The Washington Post ; ... Dion, but bores Aretha into mediocrity. The better bet is to send her to church, as happens on the marvelously melodic "Good News" or the sublime ballad "You Are My Joy," where Aretha takes a page from Al Green's playbook and makes God and a lover a simultaneous ...
	Singer Aretha Franklin continues to garner respect. Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT) ; ... women's movement at that time, he said. He quoted black comedian Dick Gregory, who once said, We heard Dr. King once a day on the news. We heard Aretha every hour. The Franklin family was close to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who stayed at their home when ...
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	The 'Queen' Is Back; Aretha Franklin Returns With New Release, 'So Damn Happy' Sacramento Observer ; ... she laughs. "We left so many dynamite songs behind because you can only do so many minutes on one album. However, the good news is .. you get to record again!" As her latest album shows, Franklin just gets better with time -- and yes, that soulful reign ...

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