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/ Roberta Flack

February 24, 2025 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

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Even Robert Christgau couldn't get it right all the time. The self-professed "dean of American rock critics" sniffed at Roberta Flack's Quiet Fire in 1971 thusly: "Flack is generally regarded as the most significant new black woman singer since Aretha Franklin, and at moments she sounds kind, intelligent, and very likable. But she often exhibits the gratuitous gentility you'd expect of someone who says 'between you and I.'" At this juncture, Flack was three albums into a tenure with Atlantic

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack

May 3, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Quadio Bundle 4

Not long after the release of Joni Mitchell's Quadio box set - making her the third artist to have an entire Quadio box dedicated to her, after Chicago and The Doobie Brothers - Rhino has just announced the fourth round of Blu-ray titles in the four-channel surround format  Donny Hathaway's Extension Of A Man, Hot Tuna's Burgers, Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly, and Seals & Crofts' Summer Breeze are all available now, as newly remastered from the original four-channel quadraphonic master

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Donny Hathaway, Hot Tuna, Roberta Flack, Seals and Crofts

October 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. A beloved Madonna ballad, a new Journey remix and a benefit compilation for Ukranian relief all get center stage today, plus a few unheard gems for country and electronic fans alike. Madonna, You'll See (The Remixes) (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) This emotional 1995 ballad, a collaboration between

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Brinsley Schwarz, Crowded House, Dave Stewart, Doris Day, Jackson Browne, Jethro Tull, Journey, Madonna, Marc Almond, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Thompson, Roberta Flack, Steve Perry, Stevie Nicks, The Waterboys

May 4, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Arthur Baker CD box

Demon Music Group scored a real coup in 2021 with the release of Dance Masters: Shep Pettibone (The Classic Master Mixes), a box set devoted to the stellar late '80s and early '90s remixer. The branding on the set indicated that Dance Masters was to be a series, presented by another remixing great: American DJ/producer Arthur Baker. Now, two years later, another Dance Masters set is forthcoming, focused on the work of Baker himself. Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes), due

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, Al Green, Al Jarreau, Arthur Baker, Atlantic Starr, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fine Young Cannibals, Fleetwood Mac, General Public, Jeffrey Osborne, Jennifer Holliday, Jermaine Stewart, Junie Morrison, Living in a Box, Neneh Cherry, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Nevil, Roberta Flack, Talking Heads, The Cars, Various Artists

February 12, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! Michael Giacchino, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Expanded Edition) (Walt Disney Records) (iTunes / Amazon) A genuine, out-of-nowhere surprise: a generous expansion of Oscar-winner Giacchino's score to the first Disney-era Star Wars spin-off in 2016, about the ragtag group of

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barry White, Blind Melon, David Lasley, Doc Severinsen, Dr. John, Hank Williams, John Williams, Lobo, Meat Loaf, Meco, Michael Giacchino, Otis Redding, Richard Thompson, Roberta Flack, Shaun Murphy, Sting, Stoney and Meatloaf, Suzanne Vega

July 2, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! And today's is a bit super-sized,

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac, Gamble and Huff, Lionel Richie, Lou Rawls, McFadden and Whitehead, Meco, Michael Jackson, Nas, Roberta Flack, Teddy Pendergrass, The Art of Noise, The Jacksons, The O'Jays, The Roots, The White Stripes

May 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Black Music Month Banner

On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter recognized June as Black Music Month.  Thirty years later, President Barack Obama, the first African-American to hold the nation's highest office, commemorated the designation.  He noted that the rich legacy of black music had encouraged citizens "to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our country's enduring promise of freedom and opportunity for all."  This June and into July, Rhino and sister imprint Run

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Charles Mingus, Curtis Mayfield, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Ray Charles, Roberta Flack, The Drifters, The Time, Zapp and Roger

January 30, 2020 By Sam Stone 17 Comments

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Roberta Flack's inimitable voice has stirred listeners for over 50 years.  She's had hits in the pop, R&B, and traditional vocal fields; earned six gold records, and achieved a multi-platinum success with Killing Me Softly.  In April, Flack will be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her lasting creative contributions.  To mark the occasion, SoulMusic.com and Run Out Groove will release a special version of Flack's debut on April 10. First Take: 50th Anniversary Deluxe

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Roberta Flack

April 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Nino Tempo Purveyor of Balladry

Nino Tempo is accurately described as a Purveyor of Balladry on Omnivore Recordings' new compilation dedicated to his Atlantic recordings, but that's just one facet of this all-too-underrated artist.  Over a long career, Tempo has served as a writer, producer, arranger, singer, and (as on this set) musician.  With his sister April Stevens, Tempo enchanted with the breezy "Deep Purple" and shimmering "You'll Be Needing Me Baby," and out-Righteous Brother'ed the Righteous Brothers on "All Strung

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz Tags: Nino Tempo, Roberta Flack

September 26, 2013 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

hathaway never my love

UPDATE (9/26/2013): After initially posting this was to be released in France, we were pleased to receive confirmation that this box, in fact, will be released stateside as well! We have amended the release date and pre-order links accordingly. AMENDED POST (9/23/2013): Several years after a great career-spanning box set from France, Rhino is releasing another new box by the late soul legend Donny Hathaway, with two discs of unreleased studio and live content. Never My Love: The Anthology

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Roberta Flack

August 2, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

peabo and roberta born to love

With its latest batch of reissues, including titles from Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack, Tavares, and Nancy Wilson, Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint can truly be said to cover a wide swath of the soulful spectrum. Duets have long been staples of great R&B.  Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, James Ingram and Patti Austin, and Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - just to name a few in the pantheon - all proved that "it takes two."  (That title, in fact, gave

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Nancy Wilson, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Tavares

January 27, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

roberta flack

U.K. music fans, do you need some romance in your life? Rhino's got you covered the forthcoming release of Love Songs, a new compilation by Roberta Flack. Flack is, of course, one of the most legendary artists on the Atlantic roster, scoring an impressive run of Top 5 hits (including three chart-toppers) through the 1970s. Her iconic "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" were the first back-to-back Record of the Year Grammy winners by the same artist - and

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