RiRi is also on the new N.E.R.D. single, off their first album in seven years (which also features Kendrick Lamar, Andre 3000, Future, M.I.A., and more).
Check out pics from Mulatu Astatke's set, and peruse the entire World Music Institute 2016/2017 schedule (Bebel Gilberto, Seu Jorge, Mbongwanna Starr/Songhoy Blue & more).
Following David Byrne's big Philippines benefit at Terminal 5 in November to help those affected by Typhoon Yolanda, another more intimate, but equally cool benefit is happening in NYC on December 19 at Le Poisson Rouge...
Dirty Projector Dave Longstreth is no stranger to playing music in museums, and he'll do just that on November 1 at The Met, when he premieres new work in addition to new arrangements of Dirty Projectors songs with the Calder Quar.....…
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...
The always-epic Om made things just a little more epic than usual on Friday (7/19), when they came to The Temple of Dendur at The Met to perform a modified version of their track, "At Giza" (a reference to the Great Pyramid of Giza), in front of the Egyptian ruins at that Met exhibit...
Patti Smith will play Bowery Ballroom on June 5. Tickets to the Bowery show go on sale Friday (5/17). The show is part of the celebration of the Federico Garcia Lorca Birthday Celebration which has been going on since early April and continues through July with events thoughout the city:Lorca in New…