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Kylie Minogue played Pride Island 2018 (pics, setlist, video)

Right after Sunday’s NYC Pride March, the party moved to Pride Island (aka Pier 97) where electro-pop icon Kylie Minogue headlined. Despite a downpour three songs in…

Belle and Sebastian on tour (pics/setlist from New Haven show with Snail Mail)

Belle & Sebastian are on their North American tour as we speak and played New Haven, CT’s College Street Music Hall on Wednesday night..

The Longshot played more covers & Green Day songs at NYC night 2 (pics, videos, setlist)

Like at night one, Billie Joe Armstrong’s new band played most of their debut album Love Is For Losers and many of the same covers (Ramones, Stones, Replacements, etc), and this time also worked in David Bowie’s ”Ziggy Stardust” and more Green Day songs.

Craig Finn, Amy Helm, Barr Brothers, Courtney Marie Andrews & more paid tribute to women songwriters at MHOW (pics, videos, setlist)

The show featured Amy Helm (playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s “Didn’t It Rain”), Cassandra Jenkins (playing Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang”), The Barr BRothers (playing The Staple Singers’ “I’m Coming Home”), Nicki Bluhm (playing Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man”), Courtney Marie Andrews (playing Emmylou Harris’ “Bluebird Wine” and Bonnie Raitt’s “Love Has No Pride), Craig Finn (playing Patti Smith’s “Peaceable Kingdom”), and much more…

Nellie McKay played Joe's Pub (pics), singing 'Popeye' in NYC ++ other shows

“Welcome to Joe’s Pub! What a shithole!” That’s how Nellie McKay, referencing our President, greeted the crowd for her Joe’s Pub show on Monday (1/15) which was part of this year’s APAP industry conference as well as The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival…

Robert Glasper & his trio played The Met, joined by Common (pics, video)

Glasper also formed a new group with Terrace Martin called R+R=NOW.

Nadia Reid made her NYC debut w/ Suno Deko, Julie Byrne & John Andrews (pics)

New Zealand’s folky Nadia Reid released her excellent sophomore album Preservation earlier this year, and she just made her NYC debut last night (12/10) at Brooklyn’s gorgeous Park Church Co-Op…

Resident Alien (Ali Sethi & Sunny Jain) made their debut at Joe's Pub (pics, video)

A few years back, Ali Sethi and Sunny Jain met while independently involved in a theatrical collaboration. Sethi, a Pakistani writer and singer, has made a name for himself in recent years as a playback singer (where the singer’s voice is dubbed over the actor, typically found in South Asian films) and also collaborated with the Swet Shop Boys on their track “Aaja.” Sethi is in the process of moving from Lahore to the United States and, while in New York, he and Jain (the NYC based bandleader of Red Baraat) reconnected for a new musical collaboration…

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in pics: The Roots, Common, Wyclef, more

The 91st annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade made its way through two and a half miles of Manhattan, from Central Park West to Herald Square, on Thursday (9/22) morning. The annual tradition unfolded under tight security following the bike lane truck attack less than a month ago, on Halloween.
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