Marshall Allen

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Joe Rainey & Owls, The Men, Chris Brokaw, The Alarm, The Smithereens, and more.

NYC Winter Jazzfest will be back in 2022, and the lineup also features Questlove, Marc Ribot, Alan Braufman, Ben LaMar Gay, Jaimie Branch, Madison McFerrin, Makaya McCraven, Dave Harrington, Red Baraat, and lots more

Led by the great Marshall Allen (who just turned 96 last month), the Sun Ra Arkestra have announced their first album in 20 years...

The third-annual BRIC Jazzfest takes place October 14 - 21 at BRIC House in Brooklyn, including concerts, film screenings, panel discussions, dance and more. Performers include Maceo Parker, The Sun Ra Arkesta Directed by Marshall Allen, Regina Carter, Vijay Iyer, The Terri Lyne Carrington Band, and GoGo Penguin.

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),...

Part of Northern Spy Records' fifth anniversary celebration, The Sun Ra Arkestra played inflatable venue Sugarcube on Saturday (1/31). At 90 years of age, Maestro Marshall Allen still blows a mean horn, as does fellow Arkestra member Charles Davis (a mere 80)...

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...

DOWNLOAD: William Basinski - Vivian & Ondine (excerpt) (MP3) Issue Project Room hosted reel-to-reel tape composer William Basinski at their new, currently being remodeled theater at 110 Livingston on June 11th...

The Blind Boys of Alabama will curate a three-night series at Lincoln Center on July 12, 14 & 16. The events start with an opening night concert featuring rock artists Yo La Tengo, Lambchop, Exene Cervenka of X and Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket ...

Mode Records has etched its name in the annals of music history, producing the avant-garde and modern classical music of influential composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Iannis Xenakis, and Harry Partch...