Broca's Area


Thursday August 25, 2016 @ 8:00 PM




41 Bridge Street is thrilled to present BROCA'S AREA as part of our Homegrown Thursdays Series on Thursday, August 25th at 8 PM!

Broca's Area is a four piece future soul band based out of Hartford, Connecticut that is a unique blend of hip-hop, R&B, and soul music. Pushing the envelope of these styles towards jazz gives you the multi-dimensional, polyrhythmic band that is Broca's Area. Serving their audiences with their soulful lead singer (Mary Corso) who delivers warm breathy vocals reminding you of the classic school of neo-soul. The core band arrangements are a keyboards-bass-drum trio that’s bringing tight grooves influenced by the Blue Note catalog. Broca's Area presents its audiences with high energetic performances of original compositions and unique covers honoring some of the greats from J Dilla to Jill Scott. This is what makes Broca's Area diverse and multi-dimensional. Broca's Area has shared the stage with bands such as Mad Satta, West End Blend, Mammal Dap, Funky Dawgz Brass Band, Kenny Hamber, Midnight Snack and many other artists in the scene.

The band was just recently named by the 2015 CT Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul/Funk and Best New Band and nominated for Best Hip-Hop Band and Song of the Year "Who is to say" for the record they put out in April of 2015. Their debut EP "Clarity" is now available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon mp3 and bandcamp.


Tickets:

$10, $14