Soul superstar Aretha Franklin to retire from music in 2017February 10, 2017 - 17:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Soul superstar Aretha Franklin has announced plans to retire from music later this year, to spend time with her grandchildren, Gigwise reports. Speaking to a local TV Station in Detroit, Franklin told reporter Evrod Cassimy that she is set to release a record in September, before stepping away from music to focus more on family life. “I must tell you, I am retiring this year,” she told the station. The singer did however say that she still plans to work on "some select things", but mainly wants to spend time with her grandchildren before they leave for college. “I feel very, very enriched and satisfied with respect to where my career came from and where it is now,” Franklin said. “I’ll be pretty much satisfied, but I’m not going to go anywhere and just sit down and do nothing. That wouldn’t be good either.” Discussing her upcoming album, Frankin said she is "exuberant" about the project and "can't wait to get in the studio". She revealed that "several" songs on the record will be produced by Stevie Wonder, and that the album will be recorded in Detroit. The album will only feature original tracks. In 2014, Frankin released the covers album Aretha Frankin Sings The Great Diva Classics, which included a cover of Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep'. The Queen of Soul also gave her take on Alica Keys, Etta James, The Supremes and Chaka Khan. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |