Live music
The best guide to live music in New York City, including concert listings and what's on at NYC's top music venues
- Two jazz tributes
- Make Music New York
- Kanye's Yeezus: The playback
- The best summer songs
- Soundtrack of your life
Two jazz tributes
Michaël Attias, Sean Conly and Ted Poor offer fresh takes on milestone albums
Make Music New York
Five events you don't want to miss
Kanye's Yeezus: The playback
Hip-hop’s most controversial, brilliant figure airs his new album in NYC
The best summer songs
We count down the essential warm-weather jams, from Kid Rock to Kool & the Gang and beyond
Soundtrack of your life
Explore beefeaterstudio24.com and mix your favorite photos with music tracks
Critics’ picks: Best live music in NYC
David Murray Infinity Quartet with Macy Gray
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Saxophone polymath David Murray leads an earthy, hard-swinging small group with a killer guest vocalist.
- SubCulture 45 Bleecker St, between Bowery and Lafayette St, 10012
- Wed Jun 19 - Thu Jun 20
Mikal Cronin
- Critics choice
This scruffy guitar-popster shows off his everyman lyrics, huge bittersweet choruses and the occasional woo-ooh-ooh.
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, between Bowery and Chrystie St
- Thu Jun 20
Amadou & Mariam
- Critics choice
- Free
The self-billed "blind couple from Mali" airs its transporting African pop at a free outdoor gig.
- Celebrate Brooklyn! (at the Prospect Park Bandshell) Prospect Park West, at 9th St
- Fri Jun 21
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
- Critics choice
The vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and Afrobeat heir offers a rebellious take on the style his father made famous.
- SummerStage Mainstage Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, enter at Fifth Ave and 72nd St
- Sun Jun 23
Concert tickets
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Amateur Night at the Apollo
Critics choiceLaunched in 1934 as a showcase for young black entertaine...
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Mikal Cronin + Roomrunner + Shannon and the Clams
Critics choiceMikal Cronin mostly recalls the scruffier guitar bubblegu...
Top live music stories
Summer concerts 2013
We round up the seasons's top gigs, including free shows, festivals and plenty of genre-specific options.
Live photos and review: Kanye West at Governors Ball
Yeezy plugs Yeezus at a jaw-dropping outdoor spectacular.
NYC metal 2013
Explore Gotham's thriving metal scene through exclusive photos, a concert schedule, an original video and a playlist spanning 30-plus years.
Playlists & music guides
Live music events
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LL Cool J + Public...
A true trailblazer of New York hip-hop, LL Cool J ...
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Blackalicious +...
Subbing for an injured Big Boi, Sacramento hip-hop...
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Mark Turner Quartet
A master of subtlety and quiet fire, tenor saxopho...
TONY Spotify playlist: New tracks and shows this week
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