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John Zorn wrapping up Zorn@60, doing a full day at The Met & other shows w/ Mike Patton, Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell & more

Avant-garde sax great John Zorn has been celebrating his 60th birthday this year with a ton of NYC shows. The celebration, dubbed Zorn@60, has been going on for months, and there’s only a few events left…

Andrew Bird, Questlove, Thundercat, Kim Gordon and others played the 'Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets' (pics)

“A night of Round Robin improvs and Julia Holter just adjusted her sheet music??? #undeadjazz #redmusicacademy” – Bill Bragin “James Chance…

Mykki Blanco, Factory Floor, Andrew Bird and more added to Red Bull Music Academy shows

Mykki Blanco at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Andrew Bird w/ Yo La Tengo on Hanukkah 2012 (more by PSquared Photography) The Red Bull Music Academy already announced a huge NYC residency which includes a number of great shows at multiple venues, and this thing just keeps getting bigger and better…

Kim Gordon, James Chance, Questlove, Andrew WK, Glenn Kotche & more in for big Red Bull improv jam

“On May 1 the Brooklyn Masonic Temple will welcome a host of artists to participate in a unique evening of live improvisation. No Wave pioneer James Chance, Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, …

Silver Apples' Simeon Coxe, Sam Prekop & Archer Prewitt performing at BAMcinemaFest which starts tonight

As previously mentioned, the 2012 BAMcinemaFEST kicks off tonight (6/20) with a screening of Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk with Me. This year’s fest includes 22 features with 20 of those being New York premieres and, as usual, there are a few music-related films as well…

Undead Music Fest this week: a 2nd Tonic reunion, Medeski, Martin & Wood & much more (full lineup, schedule, dates)

FOUR NIGHTS celebrating the incredible, dynamic, explosively creative jazz, instrumental, and adventurous music being made in New York City. May 9th: A Marathon of Concerts in Greenwich Village May 10th: Medeski, Martin & Wood & …

Undead Jazzfest 2011 lineup announced, tix on sale now, and other related shows too

Founded in June 2010 the Undead Jazzfest is new kind of festival, bringing together an incredible array of artists from the new jazz and improvised music community currently exploding in New York City…

Laurie Anderson & Lou Reed are king & queen of the 2010 Mermaid Parade, playing BAM & other shows & stuff

Mark your calendar for this year’s Mermaid Parade, happening Saturday, June 19th at 2pm. Leading the proceedings will be “King Neptune” Lou Reed and “Queen Mermaid” Laurie Anderson…

What's going on Wednesday?

Frightened Rabbit @ LPR acoustic in 2009 (more by Jonny Leather) tonight in NYC * Hanson (night 3!) @ Gramercy * Heavy Trash @ The Saint (NJ) * Hole, Little Fish @ Terminal 5 * Tracy Bonham @ Galapagos Art Space * Frightened Rabbit @ Sound Fix Records * Josh Rouse, The Woes @ The Bell House * Willie Mays, Radical Sons @ Don Pedro * N…

Marc Ribot & Andrew W.K. answer your questions and other upcoming events (The Stone, Santos, LPR & more)

“Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Marc Ribot (but were afraid to ask)” is the first of the Stone‘s new Monday night seminar series and, as previously mentioned, it happens tonight (1/4)…
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