The live stream of Kanye West’s Coachella “Sunday Service” and the restored Aretha Franklin concert film Amazing Grace offer contrasting portraits of celebrity faith.
Aretha Franklin
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Mourning Aretha Franklin
The energy Franklin put into her singing suggests the existence of something to overcome, her swooping dynamics and shouts coming from a place of insecurity and hardship.
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NYC Subway Honors Aretha Franklin with Sign of “Respect”
A guerilla tribute by arts activists LeRoy McCarthy and Vincent Ballentine led to the MTA-sanctioned recognition.
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“Her Music, It Had a Message”: Visitors Remember Aretha Franklin at DC Museum
Through Wednesday, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC is displaying a lithographic poster of Franklin by famed graphic designer Milton Glaser.
