Time to Make the Lemonade

‘If you wish to celebrate yourself, to feel part of something bigger, to express pride in a heritage, you can do better than the cruel sucking nullity of whiteness’

The ‘Queen of Soul’ was a favorite of producers from the Bomb Squad to Kanye West

‘I celebrate having been a witness to her life, and mourn her passing because she was special, and we may not see her equal again’

The brilliant rock critic predicted the Stones’ longevity. Plus, going through Ronnie Woods’s trash.

The Voice covered many aspects of Aretha Franklin’s remarkable career, and below we reprint a pair of reviews separated by two decades