Roberta Flack Dead at 88

[Quad Linda]

RIP

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/entertainment/roberta-flack-death/index.html

 

[DuncanS]

I just saw this on the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr2wl819pwo

An amazing talent. RIP Roberta

 

[humprof]

So glad Rhino gave us Killing Me Softly so recently.

A new member stumbled onto (and posted about) this just a week or two ago, I think, but in case you missed it: check out Flack's cover of "What's Going On," which sat in a vault for 50 years until someone dug it out and turned it into one of the early Atmos streaming demo tracks:

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

Very sad...

By sheer coincidence her name came up in the pub last Friday. I had no idea that 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' was written by Kirsty MacColl's father!

 

[Clement]

the second disc In Memoriam
https://theseconddisc.com/2025/02/24/in-memoriam-roberta-flack-1937-2025/

 

[humprof]

the second disc In Memoriam
https://theseconddisc.com/2025/02/24/in-memoriam-roberta-flack-1937-2025/

And Mike links to a 2020 appreciation by Ann Powers, updated today:
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804370981/roberta-flack-the-virtuoso

 

[GOS]

And Mike links to a 2020 appreciation by Ann Powers, updated today:
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804370981/roberta-flack-the-virtuoso

That's a great read.

 

[ar surround]

Killing Me Softly got endless radio play when it came out. Usually I tire of songs with that amount of exposure, but I never tire of that one. RIP Roberta.