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TRENT REZNOR’S (SECRET) WORK AT APPLE The elusive star on turning 50 and what he wishes U2 could redo ‘DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?’ TV music bookers on big gets, bigger nightmares ALLMAN BROTHERS’ EPIC FINAL SHOW Evolution of a Prodigy What do you do after winning Grammys and the adoration of every icon in music? If you’re LORDE, you go Hollywood, cold-call Kanye and curate the Hunger Games soundtrack — all while still finding your way around fame CRITICS ARE RAVINGWorldMags.net ABOUT ARETHA’S BRAND NEW ALBUM AS CANDIDATE FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR “Divas are everywhere these days, but there’s still only one Aretha. Franklin can still shut down the competition with a breathtaking, gospel-trained grace and power. Here, she tackles tunes by her peers, adding royal luster to Gladys Knight’s ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ and the Supremes’ ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On.’ She saves extra energy for songs by younger neo-soul stars. She adds a welcome reggae feel to Alicia Keys’ ‘No One,’ and takes Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ to stratospheric heights. When Franklin then surprises with a segue into the Motown classic ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,’ the wow factor is off the charts. That’s also the case on a mashup of ‘I’m Every Woman’ with a revived version of ‘Respect,’ on which Franklin ad-libs, ‘I am the Queen.’ Let there be no argument about that.” - THE BOSTON GLOBE “Aretha’s brand new album is shaping up as another key moment in Franklin’s half-century recording career, artistically and potentially commercially rejuvenating her once again. Franklin ignores genre boundaries, bringing R&B, soul and jazz elements in renditions of songs strongly associated with other singers, offering up a virtual master class in vocal reinterpretation.” - LOS ANGELES TIMES “The Queen of Soul and just about anything else she cares to lay claim to covers the Adele hit [‘Rolling In The Deep’], mustering that great, crackling voice to roll upward to gospel highs and then cascade down over a chorus of ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.’ It’s her most stunning performance since tackling Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ in 1998.” - PEOPLE “Ms. Franklin’s album flaunts her style-hopping, from reggae to big band to the borderline of hip-hop. She plays down the pain and cranks up the sass, toying with the songs like the virtuoso she is. She still leaps high and low, soars into soprano, turns flirtatious or bluesy or raspy at whim. - THE NEW YORK TIMES “Aretha Franklin kills it [‘Rolling In The Deep’], with such awesomely casual fireworks…This is a delightful covers set and shows Aretha can still step into the pop world at whim with total authority.” - ROLLING STONE “Still the Queen, Franklin takes other singers’ signature songs and makes them her own. Franklin knows how to freshen up the classics. Welding ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ is smart, but bringing ‘Respect’ to ‘I’m Every Woman’ is brilliant. TheQueen of Soul’s crown has always been secure, but sometimes a reminder is in order, whether it’s her gorgeous reading of ‘Teach Me Tonight’ or her jazzy take on ‘Nothing Compares 2 U.’ Aretha Franklin proves it is still good to be queen. - NEWSDAY “An album that’s all about the joy of hearing a classic singer let it rip.” RATING: ++++ - DAILY NEWS “At a time when so many younger divas, even gifted ones, are Auto-Tuned nearly beyond recognition, there is something deeply satisfying about hearing a still-great voice pour forth without hesitation or doubt. Franklin is indeed a survivor, and let’s be grateful for that.” - USA TODAY \ETI I A FRANKLIN “Aretha Franklin sings the sound of America like nobody else. ‘Divas’ proves Franklin’s SINGS still got it, and it shows that we’ve still got her.” - ASSOCIATED PRESS THE GREAT DIVA “The album finds Aretha, who recently topped the Rolling Stone poll of the 100 CLASSICS Greatest Singers of All Time, in superb voice. What struck me in ‘Rolling In The Deep’ was the ferocity of her performance taking the song to wild new places. She can still make a club quake with her exuberant refiguring of the Gloria Gaynor classic ‘I Will Survive’. There’s plenty more.” - HITS ALBUM AVAILABLEWorldMags.net NOW! ©2014 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. arethafranklin.net facebook.com/arethafranklin twitter: @arethafranklin rcarecords.com R WorldMags.net billboard The 24-year-old scores his first top 10 with the lead single off his eponymous debut. HOZIER: CAITLIN MOGRIDGE/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAGES LC and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. LC om/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2014, Prometheus Global Media, L © 2014, Prometheus om/biz for complete rules and explanations. Hozier’s ‘Church’ , -. 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