Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens, Courtney Marie Andrews & more paid tribute to women rock pioneers in NYC (pics)

Wednesday night’s program, ”The Motherlode,” paid tribute to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and others through performances by Amina Claudine Myers, Courtney Marie Andrews, Rhiannon Giddens, Cleo Reed, Lizz Wright, Charenee Wade, Valerie Simpson and more.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2019 free show lineup: Jeff Tweedy, Lee Fields, H.E.R., more

The 2019 lineup of the free Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival has been announced, including a mix of live music, dance, film, comedy and more.

Big Ears festival: full 2019 lineup (Avey Tare, Mountain Man, Punch Brothers, more)

The 2019 edition of Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival happens March 21-24 and also features Spiritualized, This Is Not This Heat, Béla Fleck, Mercury Rev, serpentwithfeet, Harold Budd, Moor Mother, Sons of Kemet, and lots more.

Big Ears 2019 adds Spiritualized, Mercury Rev, Richard Thompson, Yves Tumor, more

Big Ears also includes Sons of Kemet, Bill Frisell, Jlin, Vijay Iyer, Meredith Monk, Stephen O’Malley, the music of Harold Budd, and more.

SummerStage 2018 free show lineup

Summerstage offers more than 100 free shows at NYC parks in all five boroughs. This year’s lineup includes Broken Social Scene, Big Daddy Kane, Kool & the Gang, San Fermin, The Weather Station, Secret Circle (Lil Ugly Mane, Antwon, and Wiki ), Talib Kweli, Oshun, the Jungle Brothers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Porches, Crumb, Dej Loaf, Alice Smith, Mura Masa, Jessy Lanza, Rapsody, The Bad Plus, Angelique Kidjo and tons more.

Clearwater Festival 2018 lineup & tix (Jeff Tweedy, Margaret Glaspy & more)

Honoring the legacy of folk musician and activist (and festival founder) Pete Seeger, this is the 40th anniversary of Clearwater and the lineup also includes The Mavericks, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rhiannon Giddens, David Byrne cohorts Choir! Choir! Choir!, Ani DiFranco, and more.

Tibet House US Benefit is this weekend -- updated lineup & win tix!

The lineup includes musical director Philip Glass, plus Angel Olsen, Carly Simon, Blood Orange, Stephin Merritt, Patti Smith, and more.

Blood Orange, Angel Olsen, Stephin Merritt, & more playing 2018 Tibet House benefit

Blood Orange, Angel Olsen and Stephin Merritt are among the performers for the 2018 Tibet House benefit that happens at NYC’s Carnegie Hall on March 3. Also performing are Philip Glass, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Rhiannon Giddens, Resistance Revival Chorus and Techung…

NPR's Top 50 Albums of 2017

As always, NPR’s list mixes the pop/rock/rap/electronic/etc choices that most lists have with jazz, contemporary classical, and other stuff you may not have heard of.

Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2017

As usual, Uncut‘s list has some similarities to their sister publication MOJO, but they have some other surprises in store too.
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