Shoko Nagai

Thursday night’s NYC-area shows include Zach Bryan, Khruangbin, Koyo, Andy Shauf, Bobby Weir, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and more.

Because Jewish will celebrate Rosh Hoshanah and Yom Kippur with music and prayer events at Brooklyn Bowl, Nublu, Roulette, and The Cutting Room.

A few years back, Ali Sethi and Sunny Jain met while independently involved in a theatrical collaboration. Sethi, a Pakistani writer and singer, has made a name for himself in recent years as a playback singer (where the singer’s voice is dubbed over the actor, typically found in South Asian films) and also collaborated with the Swet Shop Boys on their track “Aaja.” Sethi is in the process of moving from Lahore to the United States and, while in New York, he and Jain (the NYC based bandleader of Red Baraat) reconnected for a new musical collaboration…

Erik Friedlander was one of the musicians that took part in the all-day John Zorn marathon at the Metropolitan Museum in September. If you missed his set (and you might have, even if you attended — he went on before noon), Friedlander will be at Zorn’s East Village venue the Stone all week…