Remembering the Incomparable Aretha Franklin
The legendary soul singer, who died at 76, leaves behind the definitive testament to the capabilities of the human voice.
A song gets changed by who sings it both because of how they sing and who they are. As Aretha Franklin proved again and again, in that transformation lies an art form as important as any. The legendary singer, who , leaves behind the definitive testament to thecapabilities of the human voice: its wide-ranging potential as sound, of course, but also as communication, as identity, and as a connectorto that which underlies.
