Aretha Franklin was a pioneering voice in American soul music.

The human brain is a wild thing. Out of nowhere, some emotion can hit you and you’re floored. You’ve become a sputtering mess, slobbering onto your bedroom carpet. Sometimes that rush of emotion can ...

Here’s 40 of the most influential black female singers of the 1960s and 1970s. In 2008, Rolling Stone put together a list of the “100 greatest singers of all time.” The lineup was mighty. At the 100th ...