Aretha Franklin announces his retirement – the Public.en

Aretha Franklin singing at inauguration of President Barack Obama, in January 2009

A few days of attaining the age of 75 years, the american singer Aretha Franklin (n. Memphis, 24 March 1942) announced the intention to go gradually pulling out of the venues throughout the year.

to Edit a new (and last) disk in September, followed by the realization of a tour, but at dates and locations selected, the program for the next few months.

The revelation was made in an interview to a regional channel tv Detroit WDIV Local 4, which belongs to NBC. "I’m going to withdraw me this year," said the singer to the reporter Evrod Cassimy.

In the conversation, quoted by the newspapers as the british Guardian or Spanish ABC, Aretha Franklin, also known as the “queen of soul”, he explained that this withdrawal will not be complete. "I am very grateful and satisfied with my career, and with what I have achieved until now. Very satisfied. But I’m not going to stay seated, without doing anything. This would not be good," he added, expressing his intention to continue to do concerts, "once a month, but for not more than six months per year."

in Parallel, the interpreter Respect wants to devote more time to the grandchildren, who are already in the age of entering the university.

On the new disk, it said that it will be exclusively composed of original songs, and most of them will be produced by Stevie Wonder. "And Stevie, there’s only one, isn’t it?!", he exclaimed, referring to the uniqueness of the author of Superstition.

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Excited about the new album – in a career with many dozens of recordings, his last record is Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics, 2014, the singer says he only craves is "entering the studio". And adds that the disc will be quite varied. "We are not committed to a single thing."

The recording will be made in full in Detroit. "I keep my business in Detroit, or as close to Detroit as possible," he said.

In recent years, Aretha Franklin has seen his career disrupted by health problems. In 2010, he was forced to cancel a series of concerts and submitted to an abdominal operation, later justified by the need to remove a tumor. Also in the last year had to cancel several concerts for health reasons.