Ibrahim Maalouf

Listen to David Byrne's "Music For Valentines" playlist

“Music For Valentines” features 100 gecs, Andrew Bird, NNAMDÏ, Weyes Blood, The Arcs, Dry Cleaning, Alice Longyu Gao, Midland, SZA, Stromae, Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, Rosalía, and more.

Angélique Kidjo played Carnegie Hall w/ Cyndi Lauper, Philip Glass, Andra Day, more (pics)

Olu from EarthGang, Josh Groban, and Ibrahim Maalouf also joined Angélique Kidjo for the special show, her first in NYC in nearly two years.

Pop Montreal reveals full 2016 lineup

The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 – 25 at venues all over the city. It’s the 15th anniversary of the festival and they’ve just announced the finalized lineup…

POP Montreal announces initial 2016 lineup

The 15th annual Pop Montreal festival returns this year on September 21-25 at multiple venues over the city. The initial lineup was just announced, featuring The Kills, Angel Olsen, Nicole Dollanganger, Seth Bogart, Psychic TV, filmmaker/author John Waters, Holy Fuck, Colin Stetson playing Sorrow and more. Priority passes are currently on sale and regular passes […]

Winter Jazzfest NYC expands 2016 lineup, including A Celebration of ECM Records

The annual Winter Jazzfest returns to various NYC venues in 2016 from January 13-17. Since we last spoke, the lineup added a bunch of other artists, including Naytronix, Red Baraat, Sun Ra Arkestra, SK Kakraba (Awesome Tapes from Africa),…

Winter Jazz Fest kicks off in NYC

Nels Cline at Winter Jazz Fest 2011 (more by Andrew Frisicano) As mentioned, Winter Jazz Fest is returning to NYC and it begins today (1/11) and continues through Saturday (1/12) across multiple NYC venues, including Le Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall, Zinc Bar, The Bitter End, Culture Project Theater, and The Bowery Electric with many artists including Colin Stetson, Rafiq Bhatia, Nels Cline, Debo Band, Vijay Iyer, Toshi Reagon, an…

Colin Stetson playing NYC w/ Holly Miranda, Sarah Neufeld & more before Winter Jazz Fest (lineup)

Sax wizard Colin Stetson is working on his new solo album which will be out at some point in 2013, but before that you’ll get a chance to see him at an intimate NYC show with many guests at Zebulon on December 6…

Badly Drawn Boy @ Webster & Barnes & Noble tonight

Badly Drawn Boy is on tour. He plays Webster Hall with Adem tonight (March 7). Before that he’ll stop by Barnes & Noble in Union Square.

Live Nation Completes $354 Million Purchase of House of Blues

“The U.S. Department of Justice cleared the acquisition on Oct. 27. With the completed deal, Live Nation, a spinoff from radio giant Clear Channel, now owns, operates or has booking rights for more than 170 venues, including House of Blues-branded venues…