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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.  

If you want to rave to a collection of saxophones and woodwinds, then Moon Hooch is the band for you. Yes it’s weird, yes it’s wild, and yes it’s a fun show to dance to. Moon Hooch at Bowery Ballroom 12.7, Photo Credit: Aidan…

You want a rock concert? A mosh-pitting, floor-bouncing, head-yelling, crowd-surfing rock show? That’s exactly what Telescreens brought to Webster Hall on November 19. Hometown fans crowded the 1,500-person Grand Ballroom and for a few…

Sammy Rae & The Friends brought soulful vocals, upbeat rhythms, sweet horns, and a genre-crossing show to Terminal 5 on Friday, November 8. Most importantly, they brought heartfelt joy and community to a packed venue when it was so…