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The ”Soundtrack of America” series at soon-to-open Manhattan multi-arts center The Shed ”celebrates the influence of African American music with a new generation of groundbreaking artists,” conceived and directed by Steve McQueen.

Tonight's NYC-area shows include what is billed as the last Paul Simon show ever, Farm Aid, Pig Destroyer, Portugal. The Man, Patti Smith, Sick Of It All, The Growlers, IDLES, Janelle Monae, !!!, Gary Numan, and more.

The 2018 Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival runs July 24 – August 12 with all manor of free music, dance and spoken word events...

It's another insanely stacked night in (and around) NYC, with Brian Wilson (playing Pet Sounds), Interpol (playing Turn on the Bright Lights), Cap'n Jazz, Global Citizen Fest, Brooklyn Comes Alive, Have A Nice Life, Joey Bada$$, Xiu Xiu, H2O (playing 'Thicker Than Water'), Pixies, BTBAM (playing 'Colors'), Flesh World, and more.

Brian Wilson (playing Pet Sounds), Morrissey, Ted Leo, Julien Baker, Global Citizen Festival, the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, Morgan Delt, and more musical options for your Saturday.

Also: Neon Indian, psychedelic soul legends Cymande with KING, DJ Kool Herc, the annual Duck Down BBQ, Kamasi Washington, Blonde Redhead, Chairlift, Just Blaze and many more.

The MoMA Nights series will be back with shows happening in the museum's Sculpture Garden on Thursdays in July and August. July's lineup is in conjunction with the MoMA exhibition One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North and was organized in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center and Harlem Stage...

After weeks of will-he-or-won't-he speculation, enigmatic R&B recluse D'Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on Sunday night...

Bad Brains at DeLuna Fest 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As discussed, the free 2014 AfroPunk Festival is going down in Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park from August 23...

The 2014 season of Lincoln Center's free Out of Doors festival happens over three weeks this summer, from July 20 - August 10 at various outdoor venues in and around Lincoln Center...