Forro in the Dark
Samba icon Elza Soares playing special shows (Town Hall, Summerstage, more)
The 79 year old singer gained even more worldwide acclaim from her 2016 album. Dates include a Red Bull Music Academy event in NYC, a free show in Central Park, Primavera Sound, and more.
Winter Jazzfest NYC expands 2016 lineup, including A Celebration of ECM Records
The annual Winter Jazzfest returns to various NYC venues in 2016 from January 13-17. Since we last spoke, the lineup added a bunch of other artists, including Naytronix, Red Baraat, Sun Ra Arkestra, SK Kakraba (Awesome Tapes from Africa),…
David Byrne covered 'Uptown Funk,' honored at Carnegie Hall tribute w/ Sharon Jones, Amanda Palmer, Steve Earle & more (pics, video, setlist)
Last night was the David Byrne tribute show at Carnegie Hall which brought out a host of cool musicians to perform songs by Talking Heads and other Byrne songs…
Sharon Jones, Cee-Lo Green, and Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff added to Talking Heads tribute at Carnegie Hall
As discussed, Michael Dorf’s annual charity tribute concert at Carnegie Hall (3/23) honors Talking Heads / David Byrne this year, and since we last spoke, more artists have been ann…
Perry Farrell, Steve Earle, Roots, Rufus Wainwright & more playing Carnegie Hall tribute to Talking Heads & David Byrne
Steve Earle in Austin, 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
We reported before that Michael Dorf’s annual charity tribute concert at Carnegie Hall (on 3/23) will feature the music of Talking Heads and David Byrne, and that Bebel Gilberto would be among the performers…
members of YYYs, D-Plan, Drive Like Jehu, Parquet Courts, Sebadoh & more combined for Brooklyn Rock Lottery 5 (pics)
The fifth annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery took place on Saturday (12/6) at Baby’s All Right. Members of bands convened that morning, with names being drawn out of a hat by five drummers to make the ad-hoc bands, who then spent the rest of the day writing and rehearsing original songs that would be performed that night at the venue…
What's going on Thursday? (Yo La Tengo, tUnE-yArDs, Strand of Oaks, New Build, Beverly, Sharon Jones, Junius & more)
Strand of Oaks in Austin in 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
Brooklyn Rock Lottery 5 happening at Baby's w/ mems of Drive Like Jehu, YYYs, D-Plan, Parquet Courts & more
The fifth annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery is taking place this year on December 6 at Baby’s All Right. In case you’re not already familiar, here’s the premise:The Rock Lottery premise is simple, but effective…
Madison Square Park 2014 Free Concert Schedule
Nicole Atkins @ BVSXSW 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Madison Square Park’s “Oval Lawn Series” is back with another summer season’s worth of free shows every Wednesday from June 18 – August 6…
Joshua Light Show adds a fifth NYU Skirball Center show, this one with Debo Band and Forro In the Dark
The Joshua Light Show have added a fifth performance to their string of shows happening at NYU’s Skirball Center in September. The recently added show happens September 16 and will be a colaboration with Debo Band and Forro in the Dark…
