This past First Friday, international recording artist, Joel Crafton, played at the gallery opening in the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center. Joel,  also known as Black Pinoy, plays quite a repertoire of sounds and songs. He combines R&B, soul, and pop. This singer/songwriter is originally from New York, but fell in love with North Carolina and calls Greensboro home. What a gain for Greensboro!

Black Pinoy takes his sound worldwide. He sings in English, Spanish, and Tagalog and  identifies as American Ilocano, (The Ilocano inhabit Luzon, in the Philippines). He is a nice person and gifted at conversing with people from all walks of life. In the above photo, he is seen on the left with a keyboard against a backdrop of art. His saxophonist to the left is putting away his instrument as it was the end of the set. What a wonderful addition they were to the August First-Friday events.