At 72 the Queen of Soul has been a royal mostly in repose laying low over the past decade; canceled shows and reports of ill health haven’t been encouraging But with news of a major LP nearing completion Aretha Franklin’s two-night run at Radio City Music Hall in New York… Source    

“As singers we all deal in pain” said Ray Charles “We’re all trying to push the pain through the music and make it sound pretty Jimmy Scott has more pain and prettiness in his voice than any singer anywhere” When Scott died on June 12th he left an extraordinary legacy of… Source    

Five years to the day after the release of The Beatles in Mono a box set of the group’s monaurally mixed catalog through 1968 the band is issuing a vinyl version of the box set Although the quartet put out stereo versions of their albums concurrent with the mono ones… Source    

She’s one of the most successful and powerful women in Hollywood so it’s hard to imagine Rita Wilson getting starstruck — especially not in a strip mall in suburban Nashville But inside the tiny 90-seat Bluebird Café the actress looks around a room of country music songwriters like she’s a… Source