At former President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009, Aretha Franklin sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Gabriela Montero and clarinetist ...

Border Town Live launches in Fort Smith, bringing Broadway, concerts and more, starting with 'R.E.S.P.E.C.T.,' an Aretha Franklin tribute, April 11.

Aretha Franklin was an American singer and songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul." Franklin began singing in her father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith ...