Citizen Cope, AKA Clarence Greenwood, openly declares his intention to fuse urban East-Coast R&B with his acoustic Southern singer-songwriter roots. Born in Memphis, Cope's disaffection with the limits of genre prompts him to craft songs that are self-consciously diverse, featuring multi-layered tracks that meld the beats of the ghettos of NYC, the social conscience of reggae, the bongo drums of cosmopolitan cafes, and the glittering surrealistic timbres inspired by his work in Hendrix's Electric Ladyland studios. He returns to Higher Ground for two nights with soul/R&B sensation Alice Smith opening.