Jennifer Holliday Launches BAM's Rhythm & Blue's Fest, 6/3

Tony-winning Dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday will open the 2010 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival this summer, the organization has revealed today.  The free concert fest will play MetroTech Commons on Thursdays at 12:00pm from June 3 - August 5.  The series is jointly presented by BAM and the MetroTech Center.

The BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival is a free outdoor summer concert series that features an eclectic roster of legendary trailblazers and emerging musical visionaries of R&B and world music. Past performers have included Maceo Parker, Los Lobos, Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers, Odetta, Salif Keita, Amadou and Mariam, and The Spinners. These lunchtime performances are held at MetroTech Commons, located at the corner of Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn.

Joining Holliday is the Uptown Horns on June 3. 

Additional performers include:

June 17: Nigerian drummer Tony Allen a member of Fela Kuti's Africa 70, and Afrobeat pioneer who collaborated with Fela for fifteen years before launching a solo career.

June 10: Bernie Worrell's SociaLybrium

June 24: Victor Wooten

July 1: Tabou Combo

July 8: Mighty Sparrow

July 15: Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens

July 22: Bilal

July 29: Vieux Farka Touré

August 5: Mykal Rose of Black Uhuru

For additional information on the concert visit: www.bam.org.