The Weight by Aretha Franklin

Share a track by your favorite vocalist of all-time. I once worked at a place with a lot of fellow music lovers. We had an album of the week system running for a while, someone would bring in a CD, rip it to the network and we’d discuss it in a specific email channel. The music was an eclectic mix, and some of the artists I discovered there remain on my playlists today. Every now and then someone would bring in a “classic” and that’s how the story of how I spent one summer digging through the archives of Aretha Franklin started. What a voice and, on some of the live tracks I found, it’s even more powerful live. A natural born vocalist who understood that her voice was an instrument and learned to wield it with amazing results. She is my favourite vocalist by far, whether singing the soul classics we know and love, pairing up with George Michael or Annie Lennox, the tone, the richness, the power of her voice shines through. “The Weight” by Aretha Franklin Listen on Apple Music Your…

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