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Black Star playing shows (Yasiin Bey too)
One of Black Star’s shows is at Red Rocks with Nas, Pusha T, and more.
T.I. and Dead Prez joined The Roots for Dave Chappelle @ Radio City Night 4
Also: Ashy Larry! Chapelle’s 16-show Radio City run continues tonight with his first of two shows with Chris Rock.
Modern Sky Fest kicked off in Central Park w/ Blood Brothers, William Onyeabor tribute, Liars & more (pics)
The Modern Sky Festival has existed for seven years in China and it began its first-ever US edition yesterday (10/4) in NYC at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfi…
Dead Prez, Pharoah Sanders, Peaking Lights, Alexis Taylor & more playing William Onyeabor tribute at Central Park fest
Money Mark, Sinkane, more at Atomic Bomb! rehearsal (more by Rebecca Greenfield)
Yesterday we mentioned David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label is celebrating 25 years with a few NYC events this October, and that one of those was the previously-announced Atomic B…
Afro-Punk Fest 2013 day 1 in pics: Mykki Blanco, Le1f, M.O.P., Ninjasonik, Saul Williams, Theophilus London, The Heavy, more
, Theophilus London
Brooklyn’s free annual Afro-Punk Festival returned to Commodore Barry Park over the weekend for two days (8/24-25) of punk, rap, and everything in between, plus biking, skating, and more…
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2013 kicked off with 'Red Hot + Fela Live!' (pics, setlist)
Kronos Quartet isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when the Nigerian bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti is mentioned. Afrobeat, funk, protest, defiance and dancing are a lot closer to the top of the list…
Pandora announces SXSW shows, loses CEO
Field Report at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)One business leader is prioritizing his mental health over a surging career.
Joseph Kennedy, CEO of Pandora, an Internet radio site, announced Thursday that he’s stepping down, even as the company posted a 54 percent jump in revenue…
SXSW reveals a lot more 2013 artists
Savages at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Last month, SXSW revealed its first round of artists for their 2013 festival, which happens from March 12-17, and now they’ve revealed a second announcement with way more arti…
What's going on Wednesday?
Mobb Deep (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)
today in NYC
* Mobb Deep @ SOB’s
* Zevious @ The Stone
* Gutbucket @ The Stone
* Sasha Dobson @ Barbes
* comedy @ Littlefield
* 2:54, Caged Animals @ Pianos
* The Roots @ Highline Ballroom
* Plastic Flowers @ Home Sweet Home
* Suzanne Vega @ Joe’s Pub (early & late)
* Backbreakerneckbrace @ Issue Project Room
* Lyenn, Flotilla, Girls in Trouble @ Zebulon
* Meet Me in Norway, Judy, The Waltz @ Cake Shop
* Saviours, Ramming Speed, ELKS, Bad Dream @ Saint Vitus
* Leisure, Jump Into The Gospel, Avan Lava @ Mercury Lounge
* Imaginary Weapons, Body Parts, Phone Home @ The Delancey
* Claire’s Diary, Aye Nako, Haybaby, Puppies @ Death By Audio
* Marketa Irglova (of the Swell Season), Sean Rowe @ Bowery Ballroom
* International Affairs, Sam Bisbee, Benny Rietveld, Suzanna Choffel @ The Living Room
What else…
Citysol 2009 (July 10-12) - full lineup (Dead Prez, Shilpa Ray, Fiasco, So So Glos, Rachel Trachtenburg, more...)
On July 10-12, 2009, Solar One, NYC’s first green energy, arts and education center, will present Citysol, a celebration of urban sustainability and creativity in a mini music and arts festival…
