Author: jeffpelline
Jeff Pelline is a veteran editor and award-winning journalist - in print and online. He is publisher of Sierra FoodWineArt magazine and its website SierraCulture.com. Jeff covered business and technology for The San Francisco Chronicle for 12 years, and he was a founding editor and Editor of CNET News for eight years, among other positions. Jeff has a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and a master's from Northwestern University. His hobbies include sailing, swimming, and trout fishing in the Sierra. View all posts by jeffpelline
Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report 
The world just got emptier.
Everyone is calling Aretha Franklin the, “Queen of Soul”, when in fact she would be more correctly referred to as, “The High Priestess of Soul”. That’s what we called her in the 60’s and 70’s.
That singular appellation reflects her radiantly spiritual voice.
I just watch her sing, Nessun Dorma at the 1998 Grammys, when she filled in for an ailing Luciano Pavoratti.
As melancholy began to set in, I chased that one with her, Blues Brothers ,”Respect”, number.
Great way to start the day.
Here’s Aretha singing “Angel”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5z5vulgiGI