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The Lemon Twigs, Bush Tetras, Aparna Nancherla & lots more playing Jonathan Toubin's Valentine's Day benefit (lineup)
The lineup has been announced for the 2018 edition of Jonathan Toubin and Panache Booking’s annual Village of Love Valentine’s Day benefit at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Playing this year will be The Lemon Twigs, Bush Tetras, Kid Congo Powers, Bob Bert and “secret surprise (!!!),” April March & Lola Kirke, Shilpa Ray, Binky Griptite, Reverend Vince Anderson…
Antibalas on tour, playing two Brooklyn shows with offshoot group Here Lies Man
Brooklyn Afrobeat vets Antibalas released Where the Gods Are Peace via Daptone last fall — their sixth album and first in five years. It found them in top form and you can stream the whole thing below. The ensemble have tour dates starting this month in Washington, DC and have two Brooklyn shows with awesome stoner metal afrobeat offshoot Here Lies Man…
NYC holiday show roundup 2017: John Waters, Matisyahu, Rhett Miller, more
Plus: Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector, Murray Hill, Landlady, Eliot Glazer’s Haunting Renditions, and more Christmas, Hanukkah and other holiday shows in NYC this season.
'The Last Waltz' turning 40: box set on the way; Phosphorescent, Nels Cline, Natalie Prass & more playing tribute at The Cap
The new box set features outtakes, rehearsals and more.
livestream South by South Lawn live from The White House (Sharon Jones canceled)
Sharon’s recovering from pneumonia — Binky Griptite and Saun & Starr performed with The Dap Kings instead at this White House music/issues festival.
What's going on Wednesday? (She-Devils, Cousin Stizz, Scully, Margo Price, Syd Straw, Antibalas & more)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
She-Devils @ Baby’s All Right
Having just opened last night for Majical Clouds, fellow Montreal duo She-Devils (whose music is sample based, but not exactly dancepop) play their own show toni…
Greenwich House Music School's "Uncharted" series returning with Marc Ribot, Binky Griptite & more (schedule)
Greenwich House Music School‘s “Uncharted” series will return this year every Thursday from March 12 to April 30 at the venue’s 100-cap Renee Weiler Concert Hall…
Valerie June taped an episode for ACLTV (pics)
Powerhouse vocalist Valerie June has been playing a number of shows and festivals this year, and last night (5/28) she played Austin for a taping of Austin City Limits TV, which is currently in its 40th season…
Curtis Mayfield tribute concert scheduled @ Lincoln Center (w/ Mavis Staples, Aloe Blacc, TVOTR members & more)
July 20th at Lincoln Center in NYC:“The product of a collaboration between Lincoln Center Festival and the Mayfield estate, this one-night-only event pays tribute to the late Curtis Mayfield, an iconic Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member whose music served as a soundtrack to the civil rights movement, introducing poetry and moral affirmation into pop, soul, funk, and R&B…
The Impressions played one of Southpaw's final shows w/ Binky Griptite & the Dee-Kays (pics & video)
The history of The Impressions is a timeline that spans almost the entire course of rock & soul music. As most of you already know the group counted both Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield within their ranks over the last half century…
