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☆ My Haul From the WFMU Record Fair
  + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Dear listeners,Over the weekend, I spent some time at the WFMU Record and CD Fair — a New York institution returning in person for the first time since 2019. A fund-raiser for the great, listener-supported radio station, this year’s Record Fair featured over 100 dealers hawking vinyl and other musical sundries at the Knockdown Center in Queens. That lingering pang in my shoulder, though, meant I left with a pretty decent record haul — which I used to create today’s playlist. Some people go to record fairs ready to drop big bucks on rare finds and coveted collectibles. When I added a $3 copy of Waylon Jennings’s “Greatest Hits” to my pile, I thought I’d checked the condition of the LP.
Persons: pang, Ike, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, Roberta Flack, Waylon Jennings’s, I’d, … Neil Diamond’s “ Locations: New York, Queens
☆ Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles, addresses alleged Lizzo snub
  + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Tina Knowles has appeared to refute the theory that her daughter Beyoncé dropped mentioning Lizzo on tour because of a lawsuit. The lyrics to the song include references to “Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl,’ Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack” and other prominent women, which Beyoncé recorded with Madonna. That led some to believe the superstar was distancing herself from Lizzo. Knowles jumped in the comments on an Instagram post about the alleged snub. “She also didn’t say her own sister’s name yal [sic] should really stop,” Knowles wrote.
Persons: Tina Knowles, Beyoncé, Lizzo, Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Badu, Kelly Rowl, Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack ”, Knowles, ” Knowles Organizations: CNN
☆ Don Sebesky, Arranger Who Helped Broaden Jazz’s Audience, Dies at 85
  + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Neil Genzlinger | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Mr. Sebesky’s musical interests ranged far and wide. From the beginning, Mr. Taylor and CTI were on a mission to broaden the audience for jazz by exploring intersections with pop, rock and R&B, and by making music that was more accessible to mainstream audiences than some of jazz’s more esoteric strains. It was an approach that displeased some purists, but it sold records, and Mr. Sebesky’s arranging skills were pivotal to that success. Mr. Sebesky arranged the saxophonist Paul Desmond’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970), an album of interpretations of Simon & Garfunkel songs. Pairing Mr. Benson with that song was an idea Mr. Sebesky had proposed to Mr. Taylor, but with a twist.
☆ Singer Roberta Flack Has ALS, Finds It ‘Impossible to Sing’
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Roberta Flack won back-to-back Grammy awards for record of the year in 1973 and 1974. Grammy award-winning artist Roberta Flack has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig ‘s disease, and can no longer sing, her representative said Monday. Ms. Flack, 85, had hoped to attend Thursday’s premiere of “Roberta,” a feature-length documentary about her that’s being screened at DOC NYC, an annual documentary film festival in New York.
☆ Roberta Flack has ALS, now ‘impossible to sing,’ rep says
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and can no longer sing. The progressive disease “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” Flack’s manager Suzanne Koga said in a release. Flack also plans to publish a children’s book co-written with Tonya Bolden, “The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music,” that month. Flack had a stroke in 2016 and spoke to The Associated Press a little over two years later about returning to performing. “I could sing any number of songs that I’ve recorded through the years, easily, I could sing them, but I’m going to pick those songs that move me,” Flack said.
☆ Roberta Flack can no longer sing after ALS diagnosis
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
Grammy-winning musician Roberta Flack, whose hits include “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and can no longer sing, her representatives said on Monday. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive disease, “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” a statement from her publicists said. “But it will take a lot more than ALS to silence this icon.”A documentary about Flack’s life is set to debut at a film festival in New York next week. Flack, 85, also is releasing a children’s book in January. ALS breaks down nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that make muscles work, leading to progressive paralysis and death.
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