That's right, more Beatles covers! But you know what? When great songs continue to be reinterpreted as wonderfully smart as those found on this 2012 release Roberta Flack, I say, bring e'm on!
I had no idea this record existed until yesterday, when I saw my friend post something about it on Facebook. I love Roberta Flack's first three records, as well as a few singles here and there. But I have not listened to or thought about Flack in ages. I really love what she does with these songs.
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Released in 2012 when she was 75. Her voice sounds so young i'm tempted to think they sped up the tapes. fwiw, I include the Killing Me Softly album as essential. It has the Joel Dorn production, but relies less on the long ballads than the first 3 albums
Bloody Hell. Never heard of this album, Great stuff. Just shows how resilient Beatles songs are.
It’s great isn’t? Roberta is a national treasure. One reason I appreciate Beatles covers in general is the love for the songs and the Fabs themselves that I hear in the performance even if the cover isn’t as well done as these. But most of all a really good cover reintroduces these amazing songs to me, that I’ve probably heard too many times (in voices that are so familiar) and I fall in love again almost for the first time, and yeah these songs really are as great as I knew they were, it’s reaffirming.
I recently discovered guitarist Milos Karadaglic and am really loving his Beatles album Blackbird.
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