Roberta Flack

Killing me softly, indeed. Isn't that the Roberta Flack style? She draws out emotion like a
doctor taking a blood sample: not enough to drain you, rarely enough to make you faint
with the release, painlessly, professionally. Too often, however, the approach is so
painless it's nearly anesthetic; seconds after you feel the first prick of emotion, you're
asleep. It's too calculated, too restrained for my taste (I'd rather be stunned tha... More >