YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - Music can bring us together and that's the goal of a concert in Youngstown later this week.

The Back to the Basics concert is 7 p.m. Friday at the Richard and Eugenia Atkinson Rec Center.

"It gives people something else to do to entertain themselves, but somewhere they can go and interact, and have fun, and listen to music, and dance with people who they're normally never around," said Ron King, event host. "Get a chance to meet some new people, forge some new relationships and friendships, and who knows what may come out of that."

It will feature the music of the Dave Banks big band. It's big band music with jazz, including Earth, Wind and Fire music.

"Big band music is something that everybody understands. So let's go back to the basics and bring back the mu

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