From the music journalists who interviewed her to the fans who loved her, everyone has a favorite Aretha Franklin memory or song. But perhaps none more so than the people who worked with her. Joan ...

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Audiences hear the soul in Joan Collaso’s beautiful voice. They may not realize her heart belongs to music in a unique way. Collaso founded Chicago-based not-for-profit Timeless Gifts to provide ...

PHOTO CONTRIBUTEDIn this file photo, Joan Collaso performs during an Elkhart Jazz Festival set at the Lerner Theatre's Crystal Ballroom. Collaso will return to the festival as the featured artist ...

On this week's Barber Shop Show, host Richard Steele talked about the 26th African Festival of the Arts, which will take place in Washington Park on Chicago’s South Side. We got a forecast of that ...

The Elkhart Jazz Festival Preview Party kicked off on Monday. It included a performance from Joan Collaso and the Larry Hanks Trio. If you missed this performance, you can see Joan Collaso at the 30th ...

Ray Charles died six years ago, but the Raelettes still can render an audience nearly hysterical. Technically speaking, only one of the three singers who shook up the Hyde Park Jazz Festival over the ...