January 2015
06 January
07 January
08 January
08 January
Gretchen Peters - Bluebird Cafe (Nashville)
Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer Gretchen Peters will perform the "gritty, dark numbers and lush ballads" (Wall Street Journal) from her "striking" (Los Angeles Times) album 'Blackbirds,' out Feb. 10.
08 January
The Barr Brothers - Highline Ballroom (NYC)
Montreal quartet The Barr Brothers explore the furthest reaches of folk and beyond with a host of strange instruments. They released ’Sleeping Operator’ to raves in October 2014, NPR Music deemed the record “elemental, raw and mesmerizing,” and the band will tour worldwide throughout 2015.
09 January
09 January
Gretchen Peters - Rockwood Music Hall/ Stage 3 (NYC)
Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer Gretchen Peters will perform the "gritty, dark numbers and lush ballads" (Wall Street Journal) from her "striking" (Los Angeles Times) album 'Blackbirds,' out Feb. 10.
12 January
Zac Brown Band headlines the Championship Tailgate at the inaugural College Football Playoff
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
13 January
13 January
13 January
13 January
Nora Jane Struthers - Rockwood Music Hall (NYC)
Billboard applauds Nora Jane Struthers' "musical odyssey" from Brooklyn English teacher to Nashville bandleader, from whimsical folk narratives to deeply personal, hard-charging songs on new album 'Wake' (out 2/24, Blue Pig Music). On the album, rich with robust electric riffs, pedal steel and violin, NPR Music's Ann Powers calls Struthers "guided by fire," Rolling Stone Country hails her "lyrical vulnerability matched by her growing confidence," and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls at the Party raves she is "entirely and unequivocally herself.”
16 January
Hailey Tuck - Joe’s Pub (NYC)
24-year-old expat jazz singer flips the script on the Zombies, Cole Porter, Maroon 5 and more, changing gender roles and playing with tempos as inspired by her fervent love for Blossom Dearie, '20s jazz and la belle époque.
18 January
19 January
19 January
19 January
Josh Abbott Band performing at TX Governor-elect inaguration (Austin, TX)
Likened to “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with fiddles and banjos” (All Music), these Red Dirt stalwarts mix twang and traditional instrumentation to drive audiences nationwide into a frenzied Texas Two Step.
20 January
Vijay Iyer + Guests - The Stone (NYC)
Harvard professor, MacArthur fellow, one of “the truly great jazz musicians of our time” (Stereophile) — Iyer’s “best” (NY Times) trio LP, ‘Break Stuff,’ sees him reference everything from Jimi Hendrix to Detroit minimal techno producer Robert Hood in “a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz” (Guardian UK).
21 January
Vijay Iyer + Guests - The Stone (NYC)
Harvard professor, MacArthur fellow, one of “the truly great jazz musicians of our time” (Stereophile) — Iyer’s “best” (NY Times) trio LP, ‘Break Stuff,’ sees him reference everything from Jimi Hendrix to Detroit minimal techno producer Robert Hood in “a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz” (Guardian UK).
22 January
Vijay Iyer + Guests - The Stone (NYC)
Harvard professor, MacArthur fellow, one of “the truly great jazz musicians of our time” (Stereophile) — Iyer’s “best” (NY Times) trio LP, ‘Break Stuff,’ sees him reference everything from Jimi Hendrix to Detroit minimal techno producer Robert Hood in “a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz” (Guardian UK).
23 January
Vijay Iyer + Guests - The Stone (NYC)
Harvard professor, MacArthur fellow, one of “the truly great jazz musicians of our time” (Stereophile) — Iyer’s “best” (NY Times) trio LP, ‘Break Stuff,’ sees him reference everything from Jimi Hendrix to Detroit minimal techno producer Robert Hood in “a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz” (Guardian UK).
24 January
Vijay Iyer + Guests - The Stone (NYC)
Harvard professor, MacArthur fellow, one of “the truly great jazz musicians of our time” (Stereophile) — Iyer’s “best” (NY Times) trio LP, ‘Break Stuff,’ sees him reference everything from Jimi Hendrix to Detroit minimal techno producer Robert Hood in “a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz” (Guardian UK).
24 January
Gretchen Peters - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville)
Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer Gretchen Peters will perform the "gritty, dark numbers and lush ballads" (Wall Street Journal) from her "striking" (Los Angeles Times) album 'Blackbirds,' out Feb. 10.
25 January
Vijay Iyer + Guests - The Stone (NYC)
Harvard professor, MacArthur fellow, one of “the truly great jazz musicians of our time” (Stereophile) — Iyer’s “best” (NY Times) trio LP, ‘Break Stuff,’ sees him reference everything from Jimi Hendrix to Detroit minimal techno producer Robert Hood in “a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz” (Guardian UK).
29 January
Elliott BROOD - Mercury Lounge (NYC)
WXPN "Next" band-to-watch Elliott BROOD just earned another Juno nomination for their LP 'Work and Love' (Paper Bag Records), their most personal and urgent album to date with rock influences that nod to Neil Young & Crazy Horse as well as Richard Buckner and Whiskeytown.
30 January
Airborne Toxic Event - The Troubadour (LA)
Cali quintet explore a sonic change on their new album as big as 'OK Computer' was for Radiohead. Their first album produced by band frontman Mikel Jollett, their new sound embraces electronic elements, vintage keyboards and unbridled rock ‘n’ roll bombast to create a music evolution in the band's signature indie-based rock sound.