Equity actors for roles in Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).

This high-spirited show raises the rafters and celebrates the music of great singers like Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, ...

Aretha Franklin famously ... was renowned as one of greatest of all time, came from a very pious home. However, her infamous father was renowned as 'promiscuous' gospel preacher, who hosted ...

Performances from the Masterworks, Casual and Pops series will feature three different conductors at two different venues.

From the gospel roots of CeCe Winans to the Motown reign of Diana Ross and the soul-stirring voice of Aretha Franklin ... her impact mirrors that of the greats before her—bringing Detroit ...

In 1972, Aretha Franklin performed “Mary, Don’t You Weep” with a gospel choir at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. “We’re going to review the story of two sisters called Mary ...

Listen to these famous songs from the 1960s that shaped music history, featuring timeless classics that capture the energy ...

Ray Charles called her “one of the greatest I’ve heard ... things could get out of hand.” Aretha Franklin, a minister’s daughter, began her career singing gospel. When she told her father ...

Tammi Brown — an award-winning jazz, gospel and R&B singer who was a fixture of Santa Cruz’s local music scene and performed at many events over the decades — died Saturday after a ...

He dazzled crowds in the 1960s as the frontman for the popular Toronto band the Mandala, and in the early 1980s he opened a ...

Retirement can be whatever you want it to be,” this former San Diego city worker says. “If someone thinks that it’s like the ...