“‘Amazing Grace’ is more a great Aretha Franklin album than a great gospel album,” wrote Jon Landau at the time. “The liberation and abandon she has always implied in her greatest ...

It’s fitting that the most amazing moment of Aretha Franklin’s long-unreleased ... of her career — is wretch-saving stuff. Gospel great the Rev. James Cleveland, who presides over the ...

It’s a smoldering merger of gospel and R&B with a performance from 24-year-old Franklin that defines passion. “Call Me”: Perhaps the sweetest of Aretha’s great love songs. Gorgeous and ...

But the greatest album Franklin ever recorded ... and you will know that Aretha is still a gospel singer." Cohen, who penned "Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace" as part of the "33 1/3 (Thirty ...

Now comes the holy grail: "Amazing Grace," the movie of Aretha Franklin's storied ... and piano accompanist, Franklin interprets material from the Great Gospel Songbook. "Climbing Higher Mountains ...

And in his remembrance, Grammys exec producer Ehrlich also gave a nod to a gospel great and to Franklin’s family members who died before her. “Aretha, My bet is that God can’t wait for you ...

Aretha Franklin ... and Roll Hall of Fame would perform at the celebration. Franklin did not disappoint, incorporating her signature gospel inflections to make the patriotic song her own.

But the greatest album Franklin ever recorded ... and you will know that Aretha is still a gospel singer.” Cohen, who penned "Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace" as part of the "33⅓ (Thirty ...

“Amazing Grace” is a stunning gospel throw-down—brimming ... enough to match blows with arguably the greatest vocalist of our time, Ms. Aretha Franklin. The evenings are not without ample ...

A representative for Aretha Franklin confirmed ... to simply declare her the greatest singer of our time. She is Lady Soul; she is blues personified; she sings the gospel from a place so deep ...

Aretha Franklin may have died today aged 76 but the music of “Lady Soul” will long be celebrated. The songs in the following selection of greatest ... Right Man”, a gospel influenced plea ...