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Get the Aretha Franklin Soul Sister T Shirt . According to Richie Unterberger, Aretha Franklin was “one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged.”[84] She had often been described as a great singer and musician due to “vocal flexibility, interpretive intelligence, skillful piano-playing, her ear, her experience”.[85] Franklin’s voice was described as being a “powerful mezzo-sopranovoice”. She was praised for her arrangements and interpretations of other artists’ hit songs.[86] According to David Remnick, what “distinguishes her is not merely the breadth of her catalogue or the cataract force of her vocal instrument; it’s her musical intelligence, her way of singing behind the beat, of spraying a wash of notes over a single word or syllable, of constructing, moment by moment, the emotional power of a three-minute song. “Respect” is as precise an artifact as a Ming vase.”[81] Describing Franklin’s voice as a youngster on her first album, Songs of Faith, released in 1956 when she was just 14, Jerry Wexler explained that it “was not that of a child but rather of an ecstatic hierophant“.[87] Critic Randy Lewis assessed her skills as a pianist as “magic” and “inspirational”—musicians and professionals such as, Elton John, Keith Richards, Carol King and Clive Davis were fans of her piano performances.
Get the Aretha Franklin Soul Sister T Shirt . From her time growing up in the home of a prominent African American preacher to the end of her life, Franklin was immersed and involved in the struggle for civil rights and women’s rights. She provided money for civil rights groups, at times covering payroll, and performed at benefits and protests.[89] When Angela Davis was jailed in 1970, Franklin told Jet, “Angela Davis must go free, … Black people will be free. I’ve been locked up (for disturbing the peace in Detroit) and I know you got to disturb the peace when you can’t get no peace. Jail is hell to be in. I’m going to see her free if there is any justice in our courts, not because I believe in communism, but because she’s a Black woman and she wants freedom for Black people.”[89] Her songs “Respect” and “Natural Woman” became anthems of these movements for social change.[90][91]Franklin was also a strong supporter for Native American rights.[92] She quietly and without fanfare supported Indigenous Peoples‘ struggles worldwide, and numerous movements that supported Native American and First Nation cultural rights.
From her time growing up in the home of a prominent African American preacher to the end of her life, Franklin was immersed and involved in the struggle for civil rights and women’s rights. She provided money for civil rights groups, at times covering payroll, and performed at benefits and protests.[89] When Angela Davis was jailed in 1970, Franklin told Jet, “Angela Davis must go free, … Black people will be free. I’ve been locked up (for disturbing the peace in Detroit) and I know you got to disturb the peace when you can’t get no peace. Jail is hell to be in. I’m going to see her free if there is any justice in our courts, not because I believe in communism, but because she’s a Black woman and she wants freedom for Black people.”[89] Her songs “Respect” and “Natural Woman” became anthems of these movements for social change.[90][91]
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