Horizon Sounds of the City: Bilal @ NJPAC August 25 5PM (FREE)

One of the most eclectic of R&B vocal artists, Philly-born Bilal draws his inspirations from gospel, jazz, soul, blues and hip-hop. Admission is free!

Bilal’s 2010 album, Airtight’s Revenge, yielded the Grammy-nominated song “Little Ones.” Three years later, his release A Love Surreal garnered critical acclaim when it was named one of People magazine’s Top 10 albums of the year.

Walter Christopher, who opens the concert, is known to fans as “Walt Chris”: a singer-songwriter who can slide effortlessly from playing an R&B gig to a sanctified gospel church to a swinging jazz club.