I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Love Neo Soul Tour concert this past Saturday (September 29 th ) at the Filmore in Silver Spring Maryland which featured the soulful sounds of Black Alley , Kindred The Family Soul and Rahsaan Patterson . I got to see all three acts perform lives as well as have few minutes to chat with each. The venue was a beautiful setting for such great talent perform. First to hit the stage was Black Alley , a hip band hailing from Washington DC making all kinds of noise nationwide. With a unique custom sound described by their drummer Danny Henderson , affectionately known to many as Animal , as “soul garage” the band is anything but typical DC with their very own unique genre of rock/soul garage/hip hop. The band's Saturday night line up featured some original tunes laced with poetry ballads with references to the legendary Diana Ross as well as some covers, my favorite being We Are Young , by the band's one and only...
