It's the sound of Young America, I'm Jesse Thorn.

Roberta Flack is a legendary singer, songwriter, and pianist.

Among her five number one records are killing me softly with his song and her legendary duets

with Donnie Hathaway.

Where's the love and the closer I get to you?

Flack was headlining at the Calgary Folk Festival where we recorded this week's show.

Before the festival, I talked to her for a new feature on the sound of Young America,

the song that changed my life.

Here she is talking about Stevie Wonder's, I never dreamt you to leave in summer.

Here is a guy who has no sight, but who writes with the most incredible vision that any

of us could imagine existed, you know?

I never dreamed you'd leave in summer.

I thought you would go then come back home.

Some of me something else to him other than a seasonal change.

It means, you know, I never dreamed you'd leave.

Sometimes we're good.

I don't think that I never dreamed you'd leave in summer, it's sad at all.

It's not so cut and dry.

He didn't say, you know, I hate you for going away, you could have said that, that

runs.

It's almost heroic, you know?

You said then, you'd be the life in autumn, said you'd be the one to see the way.

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