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Celebrate the holidays with new albums from Brad Paisley, the 'Peanuts' gang and more

’Tis the season to put on some holiday music

The Independent UK

“I said, ‘We aren’t getting paid properly. I’m going back to New York.’ Duane Allman said, ‘I’m gonna go home and start a band with my brother’”: Jerry Jemmott played with B.B. King and George Benson – but two car accidents influenced him the most

A childhood head injury meant the session icon had to find his own way of making music. But after working with King, Aretha Franklin, Benson, Roberta Flack, and many others, he’s proud to be a poster boy for not knowing what he’s doing

Guitar World

"Rest in Power": Anthony Jackson, six-string bass ace, dies aged 73

Jackson played for stars across the jazz-fusion-pop spectrum, including Buddy Rich, Al Di Meola, Madonna, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack and more

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“I’ll never forget, he did the whole thing, like the hand out with the snap, and started to sing this bassline”: How a teenage Mark Ronson convinced Michael Jackson to write him a bassline so he could make a hit song out of it

Oh, and Sean Lennon was there too, and he ended up playing it to Roberta Flack

MusicRadar

Blind date: ‘She loves rock music and even knew the song lyrics on my arms – Nick Cave and Roberta Flack’

Bryn, a social worker, meets Jane, a mental health support worker. They are both 63

The Guardian - UK

6 of the best genre-swerving tracks to test your hi-fi system

Forget staying in your lane, use these genre-hoppers to give your system a workout.

What Hi-Fi?

Barbra Streisand duets with Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey and more on new album

Bob Dylan, Sir Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey team up with Barbra Streisand on new duets album

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Scottish actor gives first Bafta award name after winning in video game debut

Scottish actor and comedian Karen Dunbar has said she was “gobsmacked” after winning a Bafta for her debut in the video games world ...

The National (Scotland)

Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder lead tributes to Roberta Flack in memorial full of music and memories

Flowers filled the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York as a service open to the public was held in honour of the legendary artist

The Independent UK

Music flows as Stevie Wonder and Lauryn Hill lead tributes at Roberta Flack memorial

Grammy winner, who died last month at 88, remembered at New York service with series of star performers

The Guardian - US

How to Stream Roberta Flack's 'Celebration of Life' memorial

The Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack died last month

The Independent UK

"Quincy told her, 'Ro, don't sing that doggone song no more until you record it'": A music professor breaks down Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with His Song

“I can’t think of another major hit with a fourteen-bar chorus”

MusicRadar

Celine Dion pays tribute to Roberta Flack whose music ‘shaped generations’

The US singer was known for songs including Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

Evening Standard

Roberta Flack's last Instagram post before death paid tribute to 'wondrous' Celine Dion for song cover

The legendary singer won two Grammys for her own rendition in 1972

Evening Standard

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Roberta Flack: A Musical Legacy Beyond The Classics

Explore the diverse musical legacy of iconic artist Roberta Flack, from soulful hits to genre-defying innovation.

The Conversation

Remembering Roberta Flack, a spellbinding virtuoso of musical interpretation

The multi-Grammy award winner Roberta Flack has passed away at 88.

Salon

Roberta Flack’s enduring legacy

Flack, who died Monday at 88, is being honored by her peers as one of the greatest soul singers of all time

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Evening Standard

Roberta Flack exposed Killing Me Softly With His Song to the world – songwriter

The soul singer has died at the age of 88.

The Independent UK

Remembering Roberta Flack: 8 timeless hits to salute an unrivaled talent

The great Roberta Flack has died

Evening Standard

Oprah Winfrey hails Roberta Flack for creating ‘soundtrack to our lives’

The US soul singer died ‘surrounded by her family’ at the age of 88.

The Guardian - UK

Roberta Flack’s performances softly burned with the fire of life itself

The soul singer was ambitiously diverse in her musicianship, and enthralled at every turn – whether doing desolate folk cover versions or lighter, sophisticated pop

The Guardian - UK

Roberta Flack obituary

Singer with a reserved, intimate style on hits such as The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song

MusicRadar

“One of the great soul singers of all time”: Stars pay tribute to Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack, who has died aged 88

Other hits included The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Feel Like Makin’ Love

International Business Times

Roberta Flack Of 'Killing Me Softly' Fame Dies At 88

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and one of the most recognizable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88.

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