The Bangor singer attempts to recapture the golden sounds of the 1960s but never quite pulls it off

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer combined blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie and rock’n’ roll to magical effect

Review: Poor, white Viggo Mortensen drives posh, black Mahershala Ali around the south

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Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Late Afternoon’ is now in contention for Oscar nomination

The 1927 home is one of several belonging to the late soul singer

40,000 jazz fans to attend as New Orleans-style funeral procession hits town

Swift, who won a record fourth artist of the year, urged people to 'get out and vote'

Rev Jasper Williams jnr’s comments at singer’s funeral service were ‘distasteful’

Charles H Ellis III says: ‘Maybe I crossed the border, maybe I was too friendly or familiar’

Bill Clinton and Ariana Grande among the mourners at Detroit service for the singer

Mourners pay final respects at Detroit museum of African American history

Plus songs you have to hear from Tirzah and Aretha Franklin

Personal finance details could be made public under Michigan state law

Road test: Conventional-looking Ford takes on Toyota’s distinctive Prius

The singer (76), who has died at her Detroit home, made life-affirming soul music

Aretha Franklin obituary: Huge talent drew on both sacred and secular traditions

Our pick of the 10 classics hits that earned the late Queen of Soul her crown

Mick Heaney: Her impact went far beyond music – she changed the world around her

Eighteen-time Grammy winner has battled ill health for several years

Line up includes American artists Maria Schneider and Nnenna Freelon

Nostalgia for the 1980s is so last decade. Pop stars like Bruno Mars, Cardi B and SZA are drawing from old-school artists like Craig David, TLC, D’Angelo and Destiny’s Child

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America Letter: The ritual of Sunday brunch brings with it the feel-good schmaltz of the New York Times vows section

The TV star turned president elect can’t seem to muster the star power for his inauguration. But even George W Bush managed to get Destiny’s Child

1980s pop star who became celebrated artist and gay icon

Brian Boyd selects 10 songs that tell part of the story of the British pop superstar’s life

2016 continues to be year of living dangerously for giants of music world

The ‘Pulp Fiction’ star speaks about her new album and her friend John Travolta

A new Guinness ad brings the legacy of a 1930s New York Jazz producer to the heart of London band Rudimental’s drum and bass sound

At 32, Derry-born successor to John Hume and Mark Durkan is charged with his party’s resurrection

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