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On Friday, July 18, Brazilian artists Melly, Tulipa Ruiz, and Rashid took over Summer for the City’s Main Stage for a night of music from across the South American musical powerhouse. Rashid bows to the crowd; Photo Credit: Aidan…

more than anything, Wayna is a storyteller. Stories of her history, of struggle, of her heritage, and of triumph, merged with broader stories of race and immigration throughout the United States.

Lincoln Center’s Summer For The City kicked off on June 11th with a mashup of cultures and music. Robert Glasper and Alain Pérez headlined the opening night at Damrosch Park, while a silent disco bumped in Lincoln Center’s Main courtyard,…

Supergroup Astropical dazzled a sold-out, standing-room-only crowd at SummerStage’s Rumsey Playfield on Sunday, June 1st. The band brought a new wave of Venezuelan-Colombian fusion that kept the audience dancing all night long. …

Patrice Roberts returned to Rumsey Playfield for the “I Am Woman” concert on Saturday, May 17th - a nonstop 2-hour show featuring major names from across the world of Soca. 

Bab L’ Bluz played their first, and maybe last, full set in New York at Joe’s Pub on Friday, April 19. Yousra Mansou at Joe's Pub; Credit Aidan Lukomnik Formed in Marrakesh, Morocco in 2018, the band calls its music Psychedelic…

Cymande, the legendary UK funk band, kicked off their first U.S. tour in over a decade on February 13th, at Irving Plaza. Patrick Paterson; Lukomnik Photography You may not know Cymande by their name, but as one of the most sampled…

"I’m European, and I play Eurodanceeee!" Windows95man yelled from Irving Plaza’s mainstage on Saturday, January 18. That’s exactly what the Finnish DJ and visual artists did while surrounded by 1990s nostalgia and early internet-age visual…

Jazz stormed Manhattan on Friday, January 10, as 50 bands played across nine venues for Winter Jazz Fest’s Manhattan Marathon.  Amyra León; Photo Credit: Aidan Lukomnik With bands playing for more than eight hours in venues across…

On December 19 the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra did what they do best - they tossed normal musical conventions to the wind while elevating songs to a new level.