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Sasquatch 2011: Aloe Blacc, Live In Concert

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By Stephen Thompson

Published May 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM EDT

Aloe Blacc performs at the 2011 Sasquatch Music Festival.

Language Advisory:This is a live concert recording, and may not contain language suitable for all audiences.

One of the great recent records to accompany a late-night drive through the city, Aloe Blacc's Good Things synthesizes the sounds of vintage soul with a contemporary vision and an ear for brilliantly chosen covers. (How many R&B singers would think to reinvent The Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale"?) Born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins, Blacc is barely into his early 30s, but his music reflects the social awareness and eras-spanning musical understanding of a man twice his age.

Recorded live at The Gorge on Saturday, May 28, Aloe Blacc performs here as part of the 2011 Sasquatch Music Festival outside Seattle, Wash.

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Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

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