Aretha Franklin

The Week In Music: New Year's Nuptials

Aretha Franklin, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, and Steven Tyler resolve to get married in 2012

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Less than a week into the new year, 2012 is shaping up as a good one for some artists and, to paraphrase Tina Turner, love just may have something to do with it.

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      Your Holiday Jukebox
    

  
    

  

		
Deck the halls with a selection of holiday music from top GRAMMY winners
Looking for holiday music to help warm the hearth, chill the eggnog or party in the new year? Yes, there's the traditional ("Silent Night"), and there's the contemporary traditional (José Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad").
  
    
  

  
      

              

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      The Week In Music: Aretha Franklin Still Commands Respect
    

  
    

  

		
The Queen of Soul deploys a musical tactic to elude a parking ticket
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Let's face it, trying to talk a parking officer out of giving you a parking ticket is akin to trying to solve a Rubik's Cube while blindfolded. The next time you're unceremoniously served with a parking ticket, instead of giving the officer a piece of your mind, you might try an alternate tactic: singing.
  
    
  

  
      

              

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      Black History Month Musical Enrichment 
    

  
    

  

		
In recognition of Black History Month, a look at a group of inspiring African-American artists who have mined GRAMMY gold
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Black History Month is celebrated throughout the month of February in the United States in a collective effort to promote, preserve and research black history and culture year-round.


Of course, music is and has always been an indelible part of American culture.
  
    
  

  
      

              

          February 22, 2011 - 3:48pm        

      
              
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      Ladies Antebellum And Gaga, Jeff Beck, David Frost, John Legend Win Three GRAMMYs Each
    

  
    

  

		
Arcade Fire wins Album Of The Year; Esperanza Spalding wins Best New Artist
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(To view a list of 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards winners, click here.)


The evening began with a tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, but by the time the last of the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards was handed out on Feb. 13, several other singers and bands looked something like royalty.
  
    
  

  
      

              

          February 13, 2011 - 9:49pm        

      
              
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