Aretha Franklin was at the peak of her career and her creative powers when her gospel album “Amazing Grace” was released in 1972. (It sold more than two million copies and became her best-selling ...

The new Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace — filmed in 1972 during the live recording sessions for her hit album of the same name, but not available for public viewing until today — is a ...

Aretha Franklin sings in a scene from "Amazing Grace." Courtesy of Al's Records and Tapes Aretha Franklin’s “Amazing Grace” documentary was long held up from release due to technical and then legal ...

Aretha Franklin bustled down the aisle of New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in her white dress and then slid behind a piano — an instant reminder of her formidable piano skills — for Marvin Gaye’s ...

Shot in an L.A. church during the recording sessions for her fabled 1972 album, Aretha Franklin's 46-year-old gospel concert film is finally seeing the light of day. What it reveals is the glory of ...

2023 is the 250th anniversary year of "Amazing Grace." It was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years. You know those songs that you just kind of know ...

Mick Jagger talks about a certain Aretha Franklin performance that’s indelibly etched in his memory as if it happened last week, not 46-plus years ago. “It was a really electrifying performance she ...

I put this list together as I was listening to some of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s music in anticipation of their Detroit appearance Feb. 19 at the Magic Bag. Their version of “Amazing Grace” is so ...

Amazing Grace might be the ultimate song of redemption, steeped in two centuries of black history, but its writer had also been a slave ship captain. There is no shortage of versions of Amazing Grace.