aretha franklin

Suki Waterhouse is fresh off her latest EP, Milk Teeth. The artist details starring in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones & the Six and TikTok virality.

House music is rooted in disco, and it’s making a much-needed comeback. Here’s how the genre is soundtracking Feral Girl Summer.

It’s always beautiful to see a small business not only succeed but thrive in its community and become a destination for all walks of life to enjoy. For Justine Hernandez, she found her passion in vegan baking and started from grassroots beginnings, selling culinary creations from her home before taking the plunge to open her […]

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In issue 399, we featured Bishop Briggs and Sueco as cover artists. During our conversations, the two artists detailed their careers, their inspirations and their vision. They also spoke to the changing nature of alternative music and their ambitious visions for their own career. Along the way, they revealed their shared work ethic, a thoughtful […]

In September, Alternative Press connected with the Zombies’ Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone. The duo spoke to us ahead of the release of their Veeps performance, Live From Studio Two. The concert was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, which played host to dozens of artists from the Zombies, the Beatles and Aretha Franklin […]

Music legends the Zombies will offer their first-ever livestream performance via Veeps, Live From Studio Two. The performance will be broadcast Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. ET, and tickets are available for sale here. For the event, the band will perform at the storied Abbey Road Studios, which has played host throughout its history to […]

The 1980s were the big bang of music videos—a cosmic explosion of creativity, technology and straight-up weirdness.  With the launch of MTV in 1981, some artists used the visual art form to sell sex, youth and anything eye-catching, while others used it to visually define themselves within the music business.  Read more: 10 artists who […]

One of the best things about music is when artists put their own unique spin on iconic songs. Sometimes they change the song’s original genre, swap in new lyrics or reimagine its intent. Modern artists will always cover classic songs, such as twenty one pilots undertaking “Can’t Help Falling In Love” by Elvis Presley or Miley Cyrus […]

Music often leaves a deep mark on its era. Songs become embedded in our consciousness through their ability to perfectly capture a moment. They are burned even deeper into history through stories, newsreels and documentary footage, circulated by word-of-mouth as well as official documentation. For this reason, music gets mixed up somewhere between ourselves and […]

The beloved soul singer Aretha Franklin died Thursday morning surrounded by family and friends in her Detroit home at the age of 76, her family confirmed in a statement to CNN. The official cause of death was advanced pancreatic cancer. Musicians have taken to social media to pay tribute to the music icon, often referred to […]