This column is sponsored by Arlington Arts/Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development. South Arlington’s neighborhoods were undoubtedly fertile ground for women musicians ...

Roberta Flack in 1969: she went on to win consecutive Grammys for Record of the Year - Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Roberta Flack, who has died aged 88, redefined the possibilities of ...

Roberta Flack holds the Grammy award for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" with singer Isaac Hayes standing nearby at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 4, 1974. Flack performed in several ...

On Monday, March 10, Stevie Wonder and Lauryn Hill were among the musical performers who paid tribute to the late Roberta Flack during the Grammy Award-winning singer’s memorial service at the ...

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," is one of those songs that's pretty much guaranteed to swell the emotions. But when acclaimed vocalist Natalie Douglas sings it next weekend during her Roberta ...

Musician Roberta Flack performs during a concert in Calvia, on the Balearic island of Mallorca, in July 2006. Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads “The First Time Ever I ...

Cher, Beck Trey Anastasio and Alicia Keys were just four of the highlights of Thursday night’s ninth annual Love Rocks NYC Benefit Concert for God’s Love We Deliver. Held at New York’s Beacon Theatre, ...

Roberta Flack, the beloved, Grammy-winning 1970s singer best known for such hits as “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly” died on Monday (Feb. 24) at 88. At press time a ...

Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack, whose tranquil ballads and 1970s songs such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” established her as a timeless R&B singer ...

A representative for Flack did not share a cause of death, but the singer had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Musically gifted from a young age, Flack won a scholarship to Howard ...

Singer Roberta Flack, who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop, died Monday at the age of 88. A ...