Metrostage at the lyceum Presents

A Roberta Flack Tribute Concert

Simply Roberta

Featuring Linda Harris with David Cole,

Pete Frassrand, Emory Diggs, Manny Kellough

and special guest Steve Novosel.

Monday May 12 @ 7pm (SOLD OUT)

And

Tuesday May 13 @ 7pm

(Added by Popular Demand, Limited Tickets Available)

MetroStage at the Lyceum Presents: Simply Roberta! The Tuesday is an added performance by popular demand!

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the legendary Roberta Flack in a tribute concert that will touch your heart and soul!

Featuring Linda Harris with David Cole, vocals and guitar; Peter Frassrand, piano; Emory Diggs, electric bass; Manny Kellough, percussion; and special guest Steve Novosel, upright bass.

Let us take you on a journey through Roberta’s most beloved songs, including her iconic duets that she sang with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson. Experience the magic, passion, and timeless beauty of her music in an intimate and soulful performance.

🎟️ Tickets on sale now! Don't miss this spectacular tribute—secure your spot today!

Bios

Linda D. Harris: Is a performer, singer/songwriter and Director of Events and Programs at the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center in Cambridge, MD. Over the past 3 years she has led walking tours along the Underground Railroad and freedom trails from Cambridge to Philadelphia, Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Money to the Tallahatchie River, Miss., and the Combahee River Trail in South Carolina. As part of living history programs, she and David B. Cole sing and engage groups in songs along the Underground Railroad on walking tours. The musical tours have gained such popularity that a production of “Songs of Freedom” was first performed for an audience at the Tubman Museum for African American History Month in 2022. Since then, the production has traveled to Kennett Square, PA, Cleveland, OH, Lewes, DE, Washington, DC, Alexandria, Vienna, and Wheaton, MD at Brookside Manor for “Maryland Emancipation Day”. The production was so well received at the 200th Anniversary Celebration sponsored by the National Park Service – Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, that it will be reprised and filmed this summer for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). It has also been performed at the Smithsonian African American Museum of History and Culture for the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Ms. Harris performed the code songs at the Music em Rhein Festival in Bonn, Germany. And has performed as a jazz musician in France, Sweden, Panama, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Germany, New Orleans, Florida, and South Carolina.

David B. Cole: Is a composer, writer, arranger, performer, educator and guitar instructor at the Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts in Washington, DC. His 50-year musical biography spans the genres of Blues, Jazz, R&B, and Rock n Roll. He has performed the world with top names including Roberta Flack, Regina Bell, Archie Bell, Percy Sledge and the Delfonics in Japan, Canada, Paraguay, India, and throughout the Caribbean and the U.S. He has performed in musical productions at the Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, MetroStage, and Signature Theatres. He has been the leader of David B. Cole and Mainstreet Blues since its founding in 2004. Mainstreet Blues performs a variety of genres through the mid-Atlantic states.

He formed a collaboration with Linda Harris in 2022 to develop “Songs of Freedom”, a musical production and narration of songs of the Underground Railroad. The ensemble comprised of a percussionist, banjo player, bassist, harmonica player and vocalist deliver the songs in Afrocentric rhythm that conjure the spirit of the ancestors. The production has been performed in PA, MD, DC, DE, OH and VA. Their 2022 CD – entitled – “I Got Shoes” was nominated for a Wammie, 2023 award in the County/Americana category for Best Album, Best Group and Best Song.