M Pire Magazine November 2013 Issue | Page 33

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RED BULL
SOUND SELECT
Presents new york

Hip?Hop,?Rap?and?Blues?fans?flock?to?The?Knitting?Factory.?Hundreds?filled?the?front
row?of?The?Knitting?Factory?in?Brooklyn?on?Monday?evening?to?hear?rising?blues?star
Willis?Earl?Beal?take?the?stage?at?Red?Bull?Sound?Select?Presents?New?York.?Curated
by?Hip?Hop?aficionados?Brooklyn?Bodega,?the?show?debuted?three?newly?signed
Red?Bull?Sound?Select?artists?YC?the?Cynic,?Kiah?Victoria?and?CharlieRED?and?their
nearly?show?stopping?talent?as?opening?acts.
As? doors? opened,? guests? steadily? flowed? into? the? venue? before? New? York
singer/songwriter?Kiah?Victoria?came?on?stage,?wowing?all?with?her?powerhouse
vocals.? A? well-packed? house? greeted? wordsmith? YC? the? Cynic? as? the? crowd
rapped?along?with?his?rhythm?and?rhymes.?And?before?Beal?brought?the?blues,?hip
hop?and?R&B?inspired?duo?CharlieRED?impressed?with?their?soulful?sound.?Shortly
before?midnight,?“nobody”?(also?known?as?Willis?Earl?Beal)?greeted?an?eager?crowd
before?belting?out?some?blues?from?his?latest?album.
Red?Bull?Sound?Select?Presents?New?York?will?return?on?November?19th?at?Tammany
Hall?and?will?be?curated?by?East?Village?Radio.?Check?out?the?Red?Bull?Sound?Select
events?for?information?on?this?and?other?upcoming?shows.?(Cont’d)