Photo: Eric Adkins
After an exuberant kick-off
last week spotlighting energized Austin rockers The Bright Light Social Hour,
the second MidPoint Indie Summer concert — free local and national acts every
Friday on Fountain Square this summer season — is a mini-musical world tour,
covering classic Soul Funk, Jamaican Ska/Reggae and Timbuktu desert Blues.
Headlining is the sweaty Funk troupe The Dynamites, featuring retro Soul
shouter Charles Walker.
Malian Khaïra Arby — known as the “Nightingale of the
North” — and her band then perform their critically acclaimed World music spin,
followed by superb Cincinnati-based group The Pinstripes, which plays an ace
blend of vintage-styled Ska and Reggae, spiked with a healthy dose of classic
Soul. 7 p.m. Friday, June 8. Fountain Square, 520 Vine St., Downtown. For more details, visit
myfountainsquare.com and mpmf.com.
