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Essentials: Aretha Franklin ‘I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You’

This is the album that made Aretha Franklin the undisputed Queen of Soul back in 1967, a title she never relinquished throughout her stellar career.

The 2007 live concert at Lincoln Center resulted in one of the most pleasurable jazz albums of the past 50 years.

Pablo Sainz-Villegas issues a superb album of deeply expressive compositions taken from both the traditional and contemporary repertoires.

Our interview with Teddy Thompson, in which he discusses his new album My Love Of Country.

While several of our selections are established country classics, recorded decades ago, there are a few surprises here.

The 1970s saw the emergence of several country-rock groups, a new genre that reached a brilliant apex with these five albums.