Lori Lieberman

Truly, quite possibly Lori Lieberman's finest album to-date, both musically & sonically, is guaranteed to become an audiophile favorite.

Lori Lieberman is an American singer-songwriter who accompanies herself on guitar and piano. She first came to public attention in the early 1970s with a series of albums on Capitol Records, one of which featured the first recording of "Killing Me Softly". After a long hiatus, she resumed her recording career in the mid-1990s. "Bricks Against The Glass", her 15th album, features eleven songs composed and arranged by Lori Lieberman.

When singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman wrote the worldwide hit ‘Killing Me Softly’ in the early 70’s, her life changed forever. She became part of the renowned West Coast scene that also featured artists like The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, John Stewart which led to collaborations with Leonard Cohen amongst others. Her new album ‘The Girl And The Cat’ sees her working with the Matangi Quartet, a Dutch string quartet well known for their groundbreaking collaborations with other musicians, both classical and popular.

When singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman wrote the worldwide hit ‘Killing Me Softly’ in the early 70’s, her life changed forever. She became part of the renowned West Coast scene that also featured artists like The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, John Stewart which led to collaborations with Leonard Cohen amongst others. Her new album ‘The Girl And The Cat’ sees her working with the Matangi Quartet, a Dutch string quartet well known for their groundbreaking collaborations with other musicians, both classical and popular. For this album, besides writing her lyrics and songs, she also arranged the scores and orchestrated for the string instruments with Stefanie Fife. The album release will be accompanied by a show in Carnegie Hall, followed by a Dutch tour.

Between 1981 and 1985, the music industry was rocked by the emergence of MTV, which rewrote the rules of success while bringing the new wave crashing into the American mainstream. All veterans had to find a way to come to terms with the new music and the new presentation, whether it was embracing it or scorning it. Gino Vannelli embraced it, accepting it as the way things were now done. Consequently, Black Cars is definitively of the moment – it's hard to imagine a record that sounds more 1985 than this.

Flack studierte Musikpädagogik und bereitete sich auf eine klassische Pianistenkarriere vor. Gleichzeitig spielte sie in Washingtoner Nachtclubs.