Aretha Franklin

Voters included Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Stevie Nicks, John Cale, Wayne Coyne, Jimmy Cliff, Robert Smith, Waxahatchee, El-P, and over 300 others.

Featuring Phoebe Bridgers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Drake, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey, Patti Smith, Arab Strap, PJ Harvey, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and more.

plus Courtney Marie Andrews, Major Lazer, Sheck Wes, The Interrupters, Kehlani, Billy Bragg, Steve Gunn, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

plus Jeff Rosenstock, Soccer Mommy, Yves Tumor, Margo Price, Charly Bliss, Andrew Bird, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

plus The National, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, David Bazan, Big Thief, The Shins, and more.

Bambara's new album, Stray, is out this week on Wharf Cat.

'Genius: Aretha Franklin' stars Cynthia Erivo and will air beginning Memorial Day Weekend on National Geographic.

Before next weekend's glitzy Emmy Awards ceremony, more awards were given out at the Creative Arts Emmys, and winners included 'The Simpsons,’ ’Queer Eye,’ ’The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’ and more.

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.

Aretha was given a special award for ”her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.” In other news, composer Ellen Reid was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her work ’p r i s m.’