As you'd expect from NPR, their lists represent tons of styles of music, including country, rap, indie, jazz, modern classical, Afro-pop, R&B, reggaeton, electronic, experimental, pop, soul, and more.
Composer and Ghost Against Ghost member Christopher Bono is also the founder and leader of NOUS, whose lineup also currently includes Thor Harris (Swans, Shearwater), Greg Fox (Liturgy, Ex Eye, Uniform), Shahzad Ismaily (Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Secret Chiefs 3), and Grey McMurray (itsnotyouitsme, Beth Orton)...
NYC experimental musician Charlie Looker (currently of Psalm Zero, formerly of Extra Life, Zs and others) is curating and performing at The Stone from January 13 to 18...
NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more...
If on you're way out of the subway in late July you happen to notice a busker that looks a helluva lot like Billy Bragg surrounded by an army of other guitar-weilding maniacs, don't be alarmed...
Roomful of Teeth (Esteli Gomez, Martha Cluver, Caroline Shaw, Virginia Warnken, Eric Dudley, Jonathan Woody, Dashon Burton, Cameron Beauchamp & director/founder Brad Wells) were the constant Saturday evening at Merkin Concert Hall...