Aretha Franklin's soulful cover of Elton John's Border Song performed better in the charts than the original, her gospel ...

Aretha Franklin won countless awards in her lifetime. In 1987, she became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

Every generation has a soundtrack that has helped define growing up. For the gen-x crowd, it’s the 1980s. The baby […] ...

From bombastic movies like Elvis to recent films like Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, we rank the best music biopics of ...

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have claimed one show star was “stitched right up” with the song choice for her routine. Viewers ...

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

In many parts of the country, the term “dive bar” may put some people off. Not in the South. Here, it’s practically a badge ...

For those looking to combine the best of land and sea, the Crabcake and Shrimp Alfredo brings together Gulf shrimp, Cajun cream sauce, and crawfish crabcakes over fettuccine in a dish that somehow ...

That’s exactly what happens when you sink your teeth into the Country Quesadilla at Jo’s Diner in Flowood, Mississippi. This unassuming eatery tucked into a strip mall on the outskirts of Jackson ...

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury loved Aretha Franklin so much that he wrote this 1976 classic with her in mind.

It's that time of year! The Root 100 is coming back, and we're looking back on some of the past highlights of our time at the Apollo Theater.