The acclaimed pianist’s trio plays two sets each night celebrating new album Trio Crescent: Celebrating Coltrane, a reimagining of John Coltrane’s classic 1964 album, Crescent. Roberts and company will perform the new album in full for each set.
The experimental Americana trio features brothers Brad and Andrew Barr on guitar and drums, respectively, and Sarah Page on harp. They explore the farthest reaches of folk on their tour for new album Queens Of The Breakers (10/13 via Secret City Records).
The acclaimed pianist’s trio plays two sets each night celebrating new album Trio Crescent: Celebrating Coltrane, a reimagining of John Coltrane’s classic 1964 album, Crescent. Roberts and company will perform the new album in full for each set.
The Maine “holler-folk” quartet, which has played with the likes of The Avett Brothers, The Revivalists and members of Old Crow Medicine Show, performs music from Monarch (10/27 via Kobalt Music Recordings). The new album was inspired by New England winters, entomology, Radiohead and Led Zeppelin.
A Holiday Evening With Us the Duo finds pop couple Michael and Carissa Alvarado creating a cozy setting of good vibes and timeless music, playing season classics and new originals.
Rose joins Shenandoah, Wanda Jackson, Charles Esten and more for “Opry at the Ryman.” With recently released tracks “Just Getting By” and “Pull You Through,” Rose is making the most exciting music of her career, as she taps into a soulful country side in the vein of Linda Ronstadt and Adele.
Annie Clark, the GRAMMY-winning artist and “bona fide guitar god [and] pop visionary” (Rolling Stone), concludes her Fear The Future Tour, her first extended run of dates in over two years.
One of alternative music’s seminal figures promises an intimate evening with his full live band, performing fan favorites and material from Low in High School (11/17 via BMG), his first album since 2014.
The State Ballet Theatre of Russia performs the enchanting story set to the music of Tchaikovsky at Colden Auditorium. The event is a part of the center’s 10-year celebration of promoting the rich music, art and culture of NYC’s most diverse borough.
The Nashville artist and her longtime four-piece band, The Party Line, preview music from upcoming album Champion (10/13 via Blue Pig Music), which meshes punk riffs with banjo bluegrass over meditations from a newly married life.
Diana Finlay Hendricks presents the first biography of Texas blues icon Delbert McClinton, who toured with The Beatles in the UK, was a frequent SNL performer and a staple at NYC’s famous Lone Star Café and helped turn Austin, TX into the live music city that it is today. Hendricks draws unparalleled access from a series of intimate and extensive interviews conducted with Delbert and those around him to create a portrait of one of American music’s great treasures.
Contact: Spencer Roth-Rose
McClinton and author Diana Finlay Hendricks host an intimate Q&A to celebrate the release of Hendricks’ new book on the American zelig and elder statesman of the blues, Americana and Texas music. The event is produced by live interview series BackStory and will be livestreamed by BackStory and Guitar World Magazine. The biography, Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few (Texas A&M University Press), is out 12/6.
The Nashville artist blurs the lines between folk, roots and rock with her longtime four-piece band, The Party Line. They preview music from upcoming album Champion (10/13 via Blue Pig Music). VICE Noisey calls the title track “a love song made for dancing…rock and bluegrass merge to create a joyous, celebratory feeling.”
Morally speaking, is the left right? In this live debate from the “fantastic” (New Yorker) Intelligence Squared U.S. series, former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean argues yes, while New York Times columnist David Brooks and Princeton professor Robbie George say no.
A year ago, the LA-via-Philadelphia folk-rock five-piece uploaded a few songs onto Spotify on a whim. Now their music has tens of millions of streams, and they have played Newport Folk Festival, Bonnaroo, Made In America and Lollapalooza. The band performs ahead of an upcoming national tour with Neko Case and the release of a new album.
Nigerian immigrant Kalu James leads an Austin, TX, trio melding psychedelic soul, roaring ethno-funk and a triumphant sense of positivity. New album features contributions from members of Widespread Panic, The War On Drugs, The Sword and Grupo Fantasma.
Contact: Greg Jakubik
A year ago, the LA-via-Philadelphia folk-rock five-piece uploaded a few songs onto Spotify on whim. Now their music have tens of millions of streams and they have played Newport Folk Festival, Bonnaroo, Made In America and Lollapalooza. The band plays a hometown show ahead of an upcoming national tour with Neko Case and the release of a new album.
A Holiday Evening With Us the Duo finds pop couple Michael and Carissa Alvarado creating a cozy setting of good vibes and timeless music, playing season classics and new originals.
The globe-trotting vocal Australian ensemble makes a stop on its “Home for the Holidays” tour at Colden Auditorium, performing its signature combination of classic compositions and contemporary hits. The event is a part of the center’s 10-year celebration of promoting the rich music, art and culture of NYC’s most diverse borough.
The experimental Americana trio features brothers Brad and Andrew Barr on guitar and drums, respectively, and Sarah Page on harp. They explore the farthest reaches of folk on their tour for new album Queens Of The Breakers (10/13 via Secret City Records).
Four buzzing Swedish artists, each hand-selected to perform in New York by the Swedish Consulate General, make their US debuts. The all-female lineup features stand-outs from the next generation of Swedish musicians: Janice, Pale Honey, Sarah Klang and sweeep. The event is free with RSVP.
The band ends its global tour for new album Painted Ruins (RCA Records) with two shows in its newly adopted hometown (most of the band is now based in LA). The shows will feature old favorites and music from the new album, which is already being hailed as “spellbinding” (Rolling Stone), “insistent” (The New York Times) and “a sonically ambitious return” (Pigeons & Planes).
Randy Rogers Band’s frontman joins Wade Bowen and Kip Moore for the final night of their limited acoustic run dubbed “Tall Tales and the Truth Tour.” Rogers plays stripped down arrangements of his hits and previews new music from his band’s upcoming album produced by GRAMMY winner Dave Cobb.
GRAMMY-winning Ferguson trumpeter and Rolling Stone “Artist You Need to Know” headlines the “Jazz Is Dead” showcase hosted by Azul Amaral. The internationally acclaimed musician has worked with D’Angelo, Beyoncé, Jay Z and more, and the New York Times calls his latest LP The Mugician (Legacy Recordings/Mass Appeal Records) “a stirring piece that consolidates elegy and exhortation.”
The recently revived vaudeville movie theatre presents a holiday mash-up of Tchaikovsky’s classic score and explosive hip-hop choreography. This performance features dozens of all-star dancers, digital scenery and on-stage DJing by the legendary Kurtis Blow.
The second night of the band’s back-to-back shows are a part of the band’s first tour in four years. Paste Quarterly has high praise for new album Painted Ruins (RCA Records), saying that "Grizzly Bear made an album for the times: something wild and alive, bucking assumptions and beaming color, their best yet.”
Following a series of European shows, the Montreal musician brings the final North American leg of his 2017 tour to the East coast. Vollebekk’s album Twin Solitude (Secret City Records), which NPR calls “devastatingly beautiful,” was short-listed for this year’s Polaris Music Prize.
The New York duo performs from their recent EP and previews a debut LP out next year via Big Crown Records. The sound of The Shacks is classic Stax and Motown brushed up against dreamy psychedelic pop that splits the difference between Paul McCartney’s Ram and Mazzy Star.
Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, one of electronic music's most celebrated duos, end their “A Moment Apart Tour.” A brand new live production highlights material from new album A Moment Apart (9/8 via Counter Records), a mature, eclectic record that features Leon Bridges, Regina Spektor and RY X.
The New York duo performs from their recent EP and previews a debut LP out next year via Big Crown Records. The sound of The Shacks is classic Stax and Motown brushed up against dreamy psychedelic pop that splits the difference between Paul McCartney’s Ram and Mazzy Star.
For its “Movies at the Palace” series, United Palace ends 2017 with a Holiday Open House and a screening of the classic 1946 film attended by Mary Owen, Donna Reed’s daughter. Originally opened in 1930 as one of the metro area's five Wonder Theaters, the theater continues its storied history by hosting special events including concerts, film screenings and community events.
