Soul Fixin'

Celebrate This Christmas With ArethaAretha Franklin, the undisputed 'Queen of Soul', has finally made good on a promise. We may never get our hands on her cookbook, Switchin' In The Kitchen with Ree, or get a taste of soul food at Aretha's Chicken & Waffles, or see her life come alive on the big screen but come October 14 we can purchase her first ever Christmas album, This Christmas. The 11 track opus will be available exclusively at Borders, Waldenbooks and Borders.com. Aretha lends her trademark vocals to Christmas classics such as 'Twas The Night Before Christmas,' 'Silent Night,' Hark! and 'The Herald Angels Sing.' 'The Lord Will Make A Way,' 'Ava Marie,' and 'One Night With The King' are also included on the album.

Soul Fixin'

Aretha Set To Release Christmas Album
The upcoming holiday season will get a good heaping of soul courtesy of Aretha Franklin. The 'Queen of Soul' will release the first holiday album of her fifty year career. Fifty two years to be exact, Aretha released her first album in 1956. Aretha's camp has discouraged the Queen from recording a holiday album for decades but the Queen has a different view on things,"it was just so grossly remiss that I have not had a Christmas album. It was just ridiculous...I'd be at home cooking and enjoying the holidays and listening to everybody but myself. I wasn't enjoying that." Starting October 14, Aretha and others can throw down in the kitchen while listening to This Christmas.