Roberta Flack's New Album "LET IT BE ROBERTA: ROBERTA FLACK SINGS THE BEATLES" Available Everywhere Today!
"Roberta Flack Kills The Beatles Softly With their Songs" - Showbiz 411
Her First Recording In Over 8 Years Set For Wide Release Today in North America
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roberta Flack the four-time Grammy Award-winning artist is back after an eight year absence with a brand new album, "LET IT BE ROBERTA: ROBERTA FLACK SINGS THE BEATLES"—a collection of Beatles song interpretations. The first single "We Can Work It Out" is currently racing up the charts at several different radio formats including AC, Urban AC and Smooth Jazz. Buzz also continues to build with features in the WSJ, Huffington Post, Billboard, etc. in addition to a series of tour dates to coincide with the release of the album. Newly signed to a partnership of 429 Records, Sony ATV Music Publishing and Flack's RAS Records, the album which was produced by Sherrod Barnes, who has also produced Beyonce' and Angie Stone, with contributing producers Jerry Barnes and Barry Miles, is slated for release on February 7th worldwide.
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The project has also garnered the blessing of Yoko Ono who contributed the liner notes to LET IT BE ROBERTA. Says Yoko Ono: "With this collection, Roberta is adding a woman's voice of fun and joy and, again, making people realize how universal these songs are."
Roberta Flack has long been known as an unparalleled musician who effortlessly inhabits the worlds of pop, soul, R&B, jazz and folk. From her very first recording , "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" which hit #1 in the U.S across all charts, Flack has created strong emotional bonds with her listeners through her poignant musicality and unerring stylizations while also shining an uncompromising light onto the culture and politics of the times.
"LET IT BE ROBERTA: ROBERTA FLACK SINGS THE BEATLES" is now available at all retailers of music.
For more information visit:
http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_robertaflack.asp
About 429 Records
429 Records is a unit of The Savoy Label Group (SLG). SLG is the North American based division of Nippon Columbia the oldest music company in Japan. The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a Grammy Award winning and chart topping independent music company consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. The Savoy Label Group is led by Steve Vining and is based in Los Angeles, CA.
About Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing was established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and trusts formed by Michael Jackson. Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns or administers over 750,000 copyrights by such artists as The Beatles, Beck, Brooks & Dunn, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Fall Out Boy, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Linda Perry, Richie Sambora, Kraftwerk, Shakira, Taylor Swift, Akon, Wyclef Jean, Hank Williams, KT Tunstall, and Diane Warren, among others. Sony/ATV recently acquired both the Leiber Stoller and Famous catalogues.
SOURCE 429 Records
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