Music
Aloe Blacc
Thu, Aug 9, 2012
- 12PM
LOCATION:
MetroTech Commons
Free
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August 2012
Thursday August 09, 2012
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Part of
R&B Festival at MetroTech 2012
Multi-instrumentalist and singer Aloe Blacc is a neo-soul artist who transcends the genre entirely. Best known for his punchy single "I Need a Dollar," which was featured as the theme of the HBO series How to Make It In America, he's also the brains behind a brilliantly eccentric, minor-key cover of Sam Cooke's "Change Is Gonna Come," mournful blues that channels Bill Withers, full-fledged hip-hop throwdowns, and other offerings that defy the contemporary soul category.
Getting to MetroTech
The BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech concert stage is located on the lawn at MetroTech Commons. MetroTech Commons is situated in Downtown Brooklyn between Jay Street and Flatbush Avenue where Myrtle Avenue ends.