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Big Ears announces 2024 lineup

Big Ears 2024 includes Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson, John Paul Jones, Digable Planets, Charles Lloyd and Adrienne Lenker, and more.

Henry Kaiser kicking off February residencies at The Stone where Dave Lombardo's band Philm added a show

If you’re in the market for a brilliant postmodern guitar hero, you could do a whole lot worse than Henry Kaiser. This Bay Area diver/filmmaker/musician has appeared on more than 50 records since the early ’70s, ranging from total improvisations to jazz to experimental and progressive rock…

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…