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2008 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech
June 5—August 7
Thursday at 12noon
Free!
This free outdoor summer concert series features an eclectic roster of legendary trailblazers and emerging musical visionaries. Past performers have included Maceo Parker, Los Lobos, Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers, Odetta, Salif Keita, Amadou and Mariam, and The Spinners.
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Meshell Ndegeocello
Thu, Jul 31 at 12noon
The innovative bassist, composer, and bandleader Meshell Ndegeocello was one of the first artists signed to Madonna's Maverick label in the early 90s. Her 1993 debut, Plantation Lullabies, received three Grammy nominations, but it was a duet a year later with John Mellencamp on a cover of Van Morrison's "Wild Night" that brought Ndegeocello universal acclaim. Today, she is among the most respected musicians in contemporary R&B, breaking musical barriers and crossing funk with jazz, psychedelic rock, rap, and world music.
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Richie Havens with special guest Marcus Carl Franklin
Thu, Aug 7 at 12noon
Born in Bed-Stuy, Richie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music—a fiery, poignant singing style that has remained ageless since he first emerged from the burgeoning Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s. His blistering performance at Woodstock helped Havens reach a worldwide audience of millions, and for decades he has used music to convey messages of brotherhood and personal freedom. Joining him is teenage blues guitarist Marcus Carl Franklin, who portrayed a young Bob Dylan in the 2007 fictionalized biopic of Bob Dylan I'm Not There appearing in a telling scene with Havens. |
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The BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech concert
stage is located on the lawn at MetroTech Commons.
MetroTech Center is situated in the Civic Center / Borough Hall
area of Downtown Brooklyn at the corner of Flatbush and Myrtle
Avenues.
BY SUBWAY
2, 3 to Hoyt Street and walk two blocks north on Bridge
Street
2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall Station and walk five blocks east
M, R to Lawrence Street Station and walk one block north
A, C, F to Jay Street/Borough Hall Station and exit at Myrtle
Promenade
BY BUS
B25, B26, B38, B41, B45, B51, B52, B54, B61, B63, B67,
and B75
All stop within a three-block radius of MetroTech Center.
PARKING
Public parking is available at One and Two MetroTech
Center.
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