Review: Aretha keeps it real singing ‘Diva Classics’

Who wouldn’t want to hear Aretha Franklin sing Midnight Train to Georgia, or People, or Rolling In the Deep? The idea of pairing one of the greatest voices of the past century with songs made famous by other distinctive female singers — including some who were directly influenced by her — must have been thrilling.

It was probably inevitable, though, that Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (*** out of four), out Oct. 21 and streaming now at Amazon, would be less than that.

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