Anik Khan is a rapper who was born in Bangladesh and moved to Queens when he was four years old. He injects his raps with the Bengali music he grew up with, but he doesn't limit himself to that. Anik has as much pride in the diversity of Queens culture as he does in his immigrant upbringing...
Patti Smith's Central Park show is a tribute to her late husband (and MC5 guitarist) Fred "Sonic" Smith, and Patti and Fred's children Jesse Paris and Jackson will be joining her for the show.
Amir Bar-Lev and Martin Scorsese's Grateful Dead documentary 'Long Strange Trip' will also screen in US theaters on May 25, ahead of its official release date.
The 79 year old singer gained even more worldwide acclaim from her 2016 album. Dates include a Red Bull Music Academy event in NYC, a free show in Central Park, Primavera Sound, and more.
Earlier this year, Dashboard Confessional released a covers EP (with Julien Baker, Sorority Noise, and more) and went on a tour of intimate shows, including six in NYC. This summer, they'll be going on a tour of much larger venues...
June is now New York Music Month, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Media and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner Julie Menin, and NY is Music co-founder Justin Kalifowitz...
UK group Ultimate Painting are opening for Yo La Tengo at Central Park SummerStage on July 17 which is a free show. That is also the start of a short North American tour on the East Coast and Midwest.
On Record Store Day, The War On Drugs put out their 11-minute "Thinking of a Place" single, their first release for Atlantic Records. Today it's officially out everywhere and a tour has been announced...
Main Source, the veteran hip hop crew who counted Large Professor as a member and were responsible for releasing Nas' first-recorded verse ("Live at the BBQ"), reissued their 1991 debut Breaking Atoms earlier this year and reunited for their first show in over a decade. They've now added another show...
PLUS: Mulatu Astatke, Roy Ayers, Panjabi MC, "Rock Steady Crew 40th Anniversary," and more.