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...ARETHA FRANKLIN Divas? Try Diva and the Divettes. Hail, Queen of Soul...
Black women--from Tina Turner to Tracy Chapman--helped create rock 'n' roll as it is today. Indeed, Aretha Franklin was the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Even so, black female rockers aren't a common sight on MTV, and they weren't a common sight at last summer's Lilith Fair. However, several new artists are hoping to change all that. Remember to Breathe is a startlingly accomplished debut, full of spirit and smarts. And British singer-guitarist Billie Myers' recently released debut, Growing, Pains (Universal), is steadily climbing the Billboard charts...
...Aretha Franklin's forthcoming CD, A Rose Is Still a Rose, is the 55-year-old singer's first album in seven years and her finest in two decades. Rose, due out March 10, boasts an all-star squad of producers, including Sean ("Puffy") Combs (who's worked with rapper the Notorious B.I.G.), Jermaine Dupri (Mariah Carey, Usher), and Lauryn Hill (of the hip-hop band the Fugees). Still, this is Aretha's show. Numbers like the cardiotonic title track urge female self-esteem; another song, the sweetly epiphanous ballad Love Pang, links the everyday chores of life to recollections...
...late newsman Charles Kuralt were also multiple winners in the 40th annual awards show, held in Radio City Music Hall. Besides Barbra Streisand, two other planned performances were canceled due to illness -- George Strait was replaced by Vince Gill and Luciano Pavarotti's surprise fill-in was Aretha Franklin, who sang an aria. (For a complete list of winners, click here...
...voice free to shimmer in the foreground; and I Cried My Last Tear, Last Night is an unabashed I-won't-get-stepped-on-in-relationships call to arms that makes its case passionately but not gratingly. Although the album is a bit polite (it could use some Aretha Franklin-esque gospel fire), it has an easygoing sweetness that's hard to deny. A welcome return...