Esperanza Spalding
Andrew Bird touring this summer, playing free Prospect Park show w/ Esperanza Spalding
Andrew’s tour also includes dates with Belle & Sebastian and The Lumineers, and he has a new “Live from the Great Room” video out with artist Theaster Gates.
Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park 2017 free shows (Yeasayer, Andrew Bird, Whitney, Amadou & Mariam, more)
This year’s free BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival shows in Prospect Park also include Youssou N’Dour, Polica, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Weyes Blood, Moses Sumney, Esperanza Spalding, Lisa Loeb, The Soul Rebels with Talib Kweli, and more.
this week’s playlist for BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on Sirius XMU
We look back on 2016 with some of the year’s most acclaimed records.
Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2016
Both Knowles sisters are in the top 3. Can you guess which one is #1?
Complex's Top Albums of 2016
The rap/R&B-heavy list has indie rock representation from Mitski and Angel Olsen, and guess who’s #1?
Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2016
From rock giants like The Rolling Stones, Metallica and Green Day to up-and-comers like Car Seat Headrest and Mitski.
NPR's favorite songs & albums of 2016 (so far)
The song list has veteran rock musicians like David Bowie and Paul Simon; pop megastars Beyonce and Rihanna; pop newcomers Fifth Harmony; rising indie rockers Pinegrove, Big Thief, Lucy Dacus and Mitski; country from Maren Morris and Robert Ellis; boundary-pushing metal duo Cobalt; Israeli trio A-Wa; jazz musician Esperanza Spalding; and more…
Spike Lee, Nile Rodgers, Janelle Monae & more paid tribute to Prince at private memorial
Spike says a Brooklyn memorial for Prince will be held June 7, which would have been the Purple One’s 58th birthday.