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Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters releasing an LP, touring, playing Capitol Theatre & 2 nights at BAM

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Just yesterday we were talking about the upcoming Led Zeppelin reissues, and now Robert Plant has announced a North American tour with his band the Sensational Space Shifters…

Jeff Tweedy touring, his band w/ his son Spencer making NYC debut at BAM (dates)

Jeff & Spencer Tweedy at ACL taping in June (more by Tim Griffin) Tweedy, the new project of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his 18-year old son Spencer who are releasing an album this year, will make their NYC debut on September 23 at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera Ho…

BAM Next Wave Festival 2014 announced: Rufus Wainwright, Tom Verlaine, Dean Wareham, Bradford Cox & lots more

Dean Wareham @ Maxwell’s, 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck) While we already knew that “Nonesuch Records at BAM” and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Bryce Dessner collaboration (though details on that one were TBA) were going to be part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival, the full line-up of programming has just been announced…

Steve Reich/Philip Glass, Devendra/Stephin Merritt/Iron & Wine, Robert Plant, more playing "Nonesuch Records at BAM"

Contemporary composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass have announced that they’ll perform together for the first time in over 30 years, as the kickoff event for “Nonesuch Records at BAM”, the label’s 50th anniversary going down this September…

upcoming Brooklyn Youth Chorus events, including w/ Bryce Dessner & Julianna Barwick (who's getting her own beer)

BYC at Ecstatic Music Fest 2014 (more by David Andrako) The Brooklyn Youth Chorus have a few performances coming up, and as usual, a couple of them are with notable indie musicians…

2nd 'This American Life' BAM show added (Stephin Merritt included) ++ Merge25 Fest updates (Duke University shows)

The five-day RadioLoveFest is coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in June, featuring various live radio shows with a variety of performers including Andrew Bird, Hamilton Leithauser of the Walkmen, They Might Be Giants, and Jonathan Coulton…

BAM R&B Festival announces 2014 free concert lineup: The Ohio Players, Third World, Bobby Rush and more

The Coney Island Seaside Concert Series may not be happening this year but another long-running series of free summer concerts, the BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech is back for its 20th Anniversary in 2014…

David Lynch talked Kanye, cardboard, factories, diners, and lots more at BAM (pics)

I love smoke. I love fire. I love metal. I love glass. I love plaster. I love bricks. And I love nature going to work on those things. In the old days, in the 1800s, they started building the most beautiful factories that were like cathedrals…

Andrew Bird touring w/ new band feat. Tift Merritt, playing Summerstage & BAM's RadioLove Fest (dates & lineup)

Andrew Bird at RIverside Church in 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Singer/songwriter/violin looper Andrew Bird is going on a tour this summer with his new band The Hands of Glory, “an old timey acoustic configuration featuring Tift Merritt, Alan Hampton, Bowl of Fire alumnus Kevin O’Donnell, and Eric Heywood on pedal steel…

Grateful Dead roundup: Phil Lesh shows (win tix to BAM), Dark Star Orchestra, New Riders, Hot Tuna, Mountain Jam update

As Dead Heads likely know, original Grateful Dead member Phil Lesh has an ongoing residency at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre with his band Phil Lesh & Friends…
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