Once you put into perspective that chart-topping pop and R&B vocalist-composer Roberta Flack started her career accompanying opera vocalists on piano at one club, performing quiet jazz and blues at ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Roberta Flack was one of my favorite singers, so there’s a bit of poetry ...

Roberta Flack at the piano in 1975. (Ann Limongello / ABC/Disney via Getty Images) Roberta Flack used her upbringing as a classically trained pianist to redefine the ...

With a voice both smoky and silken, Roberta Flack carved a distinguished impression. The singer behind timeless ballads "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "The Closer I Get to You," died Monday at ...

Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack, whose tranquil ballads and 1970s songs such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” established her as a timeless R&B singer ...

“I didn’t try to be a soul singer, a jazz singer, a blues singer – no category,” Flack said in 2020. “My music is my expression of what I feel and believe in a moment.” A classically trained pianist ...

The Teaneck Community Chorus will honor the late Roberta Flack at a tribute concert on Jan. 25 at 3 p.m. at Teaneck High ...

Roberta Flack used her upbringing as a classically trained pianist to redefine the textural and emotional terms of modern soul music. The singer, who died Monday at 88, was a master interpreter and an ...