In the wake of TikTok chatter that Beyoncé’s new song “Texas Hold 'Em” sounds eerily similar to an iconic children’s series theme song, the show’s composer has weighed in on the matter. Bruce Cockburn ...
To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her idol in the 2021 biopic Respect. “You know, I didn’t realize how much of an ...
As TMZ notes, the comparison has generated some attention on TikTok. Now, Bruce Cockburn, the beloved Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote and performed the Franklin theme, has shared his thoughts. He ...
This ain’t no Texas, ain’t no Turtle. Fans of Beyoncé’s country song “Texas Hold ‘Em” were left dumbfounded when several social media users pointed out similarities between the track and, well, the ...
Aretha Franklin is one of the few artists who could perform Mariah Carey songs and do them justice. The Queen of Soul covered some of Carey’s tunes but one was too risque for her to sing it in full.
(ThyBlackMan.com) This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Aretha Franklin—and I doubt it’ll be the last. With a career as monumental and emotionally layered as hers, every return to her ...
The Franklin Community Band performs at the DriveHubler.com Amphitheater in downtown Franklin in June. The community band will have a concert Sunday where it will debut “Franklin 200,” a piece written ...
She has the greatest, most powerful, most torrential singing voice of all time. Even without reading it, you know who the person is. That’s right, soul singer Aretha Franklin. By just opening her ...