Femi Kuti

tonight in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Datus @ Pianos * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Zola Jesus @ Other Music * Jim Campilongo @ the Living Room * grids, white suns, pollution @ Death by Audio * Sir Richard Bishop @ Zebulon * Natalie Merchant @ The Wellmont Theater * Femi Kuti and the Positive Force @ Damrosch Park * Iron Maiden, Dream Theater @ Madison Square Garden * Lucy Wainwright Roche, Rich Bennett, Dan Shuman @ Union Hall * Follower, Light Asylum, Asa Ransom, These Are Powers @ The Cameo * David Karsten Daniels, Fight the Big Bull, The Lisps @ (le) Poisson Rouge * George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, The Ohio Players @ Wingate Field * Blind Boys of Alabama w/ Yo La Tengo, Jim James, Lambchop, more @ Lincoln Center * Les Bicyclettes Blanches, MINKS, Blissed Out, The Beach Arabs @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn Half-sun Manhattanhenge tonight…

Midsummer Night Swing 2009 @ Lincoln Center (more by Gabi Porter,) Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing Festival will be happening at Damrosch Park (W 62nd St b/w Columbus and Amsterdam Aves) from June 29th to July 17th…

DOWNLOAD: Fela Kuti – Water No Get Enemy (MP3) Fela!, the musical based on the Afrobeat pioneer’s songs and life, has been running on Broadway since November – this upcoming November it’ll be expanding to London’s National Theatre – with its two Broadway leads (who alternate nights now) splitting US and UK duties…

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here’s some of that lost material…

Beast @ CMJ 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)Lady Gaga was nominated five times. Considering her rocket to fame over the last year, many were expecting more for her…

“It took Patricia Mudnich and Joshua Garcia two weeks, driving their RV about 3,100 miles in a winding route from Santa Cruz, Calif., to arrive at the Rothbury music festival in West Michigan…

Two nights in a row at Irving Plaza and a free show in Brooklyn over the summer did seem like a lot, so it’s not too surprising that…”Due To Scheduling Issues, Femi Kuti Regretfully Has Canceled The Wednesday, June 3rd Performance At The Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza…

DOWNLOAD: BLK JKS – “Lakeside”(MP3) BLK JKS @ SXSW 2009 (maju646) South Africa’s BLK JKS have four NYC area shows scheduled for May/June…

DOWNLOAD: Femi Kuti – Eh Oh (MP3) Femi Kuti, son of legendary Nigerian musician Fela and Afrobeat institution in his own right, is coming to New York this summer…