“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” is one of the greatest ballads of all time. Aretha Franklin’s singular voice hits you straight in the heart in this ...

When I think back on my childhood in “the 1900s,” as our girls often say, my memories usually include the early comforts: hours with my grandparents on the wrap-around porch, frolicking outside with ...

Aretha Franklin performed Oct. 23, 2004, at Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa. Here is The Gazette's review of that concert, entitled 'Aretha dazzles despite troubles.” IOWA CITY - There's ...

For Aretha Franklin fans, these are trying times. There was the illness, still a mystery, that sidelined the Queen of Soul last year and that awkward, endless Grammy tribute. The lack of new material ...

She was a child prodigy whose brilliance was clear from the start. But the struggles she endured helped make her the Queen of Soul. Accenting Aretha Franklin’s gospel roots in this 1967 photo, Art ...

The Palace Cultural Arts Association (PCAA) is gearing up for two big nights of musical entertainment at the Palace Theatre. "Portrait of Aretha," a soulful tribute to Aretha Franklin, will take the ...