Antibalas

Sharon Jones, Cee-Lo Green, and Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff added to Talking Heads tribute at Carnegie Hall

As discussed, Michael Dorf’s annual charity tribute concert at Carnegie Hall (3/23) honors Talking Heads / David Byrne this year, and since we last spoke, more artists have been ann…

Antibalas played Daptone Super Soul Revue, touring with Zap Mama in 2015 (dates)

Antibalas played the night’s most exploratory set. Its Afrobeat has been infused with New York City propulsion and diversity. It ratchets up Fela’s deliberate pace and sometimes exults in the dissonance of its churning, brawling funk…

Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley & more playing 3-night Daptone 'Super Soul Revue' at The Apollo for live LP

The Daptone label is throwing a three-day holiday party called the Super Soul Revue at NYC’s The Apollo on December 4,5 & 6 with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Charles Bradley playing all three nights…

Paul Simon Carnegie Hall tribute is tonight -- check out pics + setlist from rehearsal @ City Winery (Tunde Adebimpe, Bob Mould, John Doe, Josh Ritter & more)

Tickets are still available for tonight‘s Paul Simon tribute show at Carnegie Hall with Allen Toussaint, Angelique Kidjo, Ben Sollee, Bettye LaVette, Bob Mould, Brett Dennen, Dan Wilson, Isobel Campbell & Andy Cabic, Joe Henry, Josh Ritter, Joy Williams, Judy Collins, L…

What's going on Sunday? (Priests, Swearin', Anwar Sadat, Call of the Wild, King Parrot, Vattnet Viskar & more)

Priests at MHOW in 2013 (more by Chris La Putt) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

What's going on Sunday? (Chain & the Gang, Japanther, Buffalo Daughter, Jungle, CYMBALS, Antibalas & more)

Chain and the Gang @ Secret Project Robot 2011 (more by Harriet Roberts) Japanther @ MHOW 2011 (more by Andre St. Clair) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

Jeff Tweedy, Damien Marley, Jonathan Wilson, Valerie June, Antibalas & more playing Mountain Jam 2014 (lineup)

Jeff Tweedy w/ Wilco in 2013 (more by PSquared) Upstate, NY jam band festival Mountain Jam is returning this year from June 5 – 8 at Hunter Mountain, and though they’ve got the usual jammy suspects (Bob Weir & Ratdog, Gov’t Mule, Tedeschi Trucks Band, etc), as always, there’s other stuff too like Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, Damien Marley, Jonathan Wilson, Valerie June, Blitzen Trapper, Antibalas, Treetop Flyers, Lucius, Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger and more…

Primavera Sound 2014 line-up: Slowdive, Arcade Fire, NMH, Kendrick Lamar, Disclosure, QOTSA, and more

One of the coolest festivals in the world, Barcelona’s Primavera Sound will hold its 2014 edition from May 29 – 31. Arcade Fire, Pixies and Neutral Milk Hotel were announced as headliners a while back but the fest announced it’s headliners today via an online short film…

members of Quicksand, Delicate Steve, Sannhet, A Place to Bury Strangers & more joined forces for Rock Lottery (pics)

The 2013 edition of the annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery took place on Saturday (12/7) at Knitting Factory where members of various local bands — including Walter Schreifels, “Delicate” Steve Marion, and Maria Minerva — were thrown together randomly to form new groups, and then write and perfors new songs all in the course of 12 hours…

Fela-related New Year's Eve events in NYC (plus Shabazz Palaces, Murphy's Law, Man Man & more NYE updates)

Femi Kuti in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. We’ve already mentioned a few options of ways to celebrate in NYC, and here’s a few more…
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