Afterlives

Sharon Van Etten, Roberta Flack, Bill Fay + Toronto live music listings

Roberta Flack has died, at age 88. Not killed by a song, softly or otherwise. Quite the contrary (cardiac arrest, after years of suffering from ALS). Rolling Stone has an excellent obit.

Being of the generation who first heard her via a Fugees’ cover, I only heard Flack’s 1969 debut, First Take, way later than I should have; it’s a perfect Sunday-mornin…