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And this:

Aretha, The Queen of Soul, R.I.P.

Today, Aretha passes.  And today, Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air, reprises her 1999 interview:

For more on Aretha, one of the particularly noteworthy tributes that I find are these pieces from today's The New Yorker.

And Quartz gives us these stats:

BY THE DIGITS

#1: Aretha’s ranking among the greatest singers of all time, according to Rolling Stone

8: Consecutive years that Aretha won a Grammy for “Best Rhythm and Blues Performance, Female” (1968-1975)

18: Total number of Grammys she won

73: Number of her songs that reached the Billboard Top 100 list

14: Aretha’s age when she released her first album

1983: Year that Aretha quit flying after a turbulent flight, traveling henceforth in a custom tour bus

2 million: Albums sold of Aretha’s live album Amazing Grace, making it her best-selling album and easily the best-selling gospel album of all time.

75 million: Albums sold overall

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Tell Me How You Really Feel

If you ever look at this blog, you may know that Courtney Barnett has made my personal album of the year listings a few times. Here, she responds to listeners' reactions to her latest, "Tell Me How You Really Feel".

Car Pool Karaoke with Sir Paul

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Happy Birthday, Bob

Today is Bob Dylan's birthday.  He's seventy-seven.  I know that because my own birthday occurred in the same month, in the same year.  You've heard plenty of his music by now, probably, unless you are much, much younger.  So try reading this 1964 piece in The New Yorker by critic Nat Hentoff:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1964/10/24/the-crackin-shakin-breakin-sounds