NPR Music named Cowles one of its 2018 Slingshot artist because of “high-energy, thoughtful rock ’n’ roll” that finds its greatest expression lived. He’ll feature songs from his raucous yet reflective solo debut, How To Be Okay Alone (6/15 via Dine Alone), highlighted by “Keep Moving,” an “Americana-tinged rock gem” (Baeble Music).
After making their TV debut on Conan, touring with Neko Case and becoming NPR Music’s Slingshot Artist for February, the band embarks on a spring tour. In a little more than a year together, the LA-via-Philadelphia band has racked up over 15 million Spotify streams, and Rolling Stone declared them “your new folk-rock heroes.” Their self-titled debut LP is out now on Dualtone Records.
The JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize nominee performs music from new album Both Ways (4/20 via Meant Well). A Nashville songwriter by way of Ontario, Donovan has made a career bucking expectations – he cites the Southern Ontario Gothic of Alice Munro and the work of feminist poet Bronwen Wallace as major inspirations for his new LP, which also channels the sounds of classic Motown and rustic, Nashville-inspired acoustic.
After touring with the likes of Margaret Glaspy, Joseph, Bear’s Den and the Oh Hellos, Liza performs her gritty anxious pop from new album Fine Buy Dying (Arts & Crafts) on the final show of a national headlining tour.
Davis, who has been the special guest on tours with Bon Iver, The Staves, Punch Brothers, Watkins Family Hour and more, joins Lake Street Dive for a nearly sold-out tour. With her soon-to-be-released debut Delivery (7/13 via Rounder Records), Davis sets out to challenge listeners’ notions of what the harp can do with synths, AM rock and funk.
He has had over 110 million streams in the last two years – and he has a new single out produced by Mura Masa. The enigmatic R&B crooner “revved up to lead a revolution” (The Fader) will reveal even more on stage, giving a taste of his forthcoming summer debut album and a headlining tour this fall.
At this kick-off event, guests will gather in the studios designed to evoke the grandeur of the Vanderbilt Gallery, where works by the League's renowned artists will be on display throughout the weekend. Guests will be able to bid and buy artworks by League instructors, students, alumni and young artists. This strolling reception will include sumptuous hors d'oeuvres, themed cocktails and live entertainment.
The League has put on some legendary parties in the past - Fakirs Balls, Dream Balls and 140NOW - and the inaugural ST[art]UP House Party promises to be a fabulous evening of dancing, performance, costumes and over the top fun.
Anybody and everybody can make art, see art or even be art at the League's Open House event. Students and instructors will be onsite to run demos and lead workshops for people of all ages and levels of artistic know-how. In the Vanderbilt Gallery, League models will pose for a series of live sketch sessions.
Around the world, technology is disrupting the workforce, with automation poised to displace humans in the fields of medicine, agriculture and beyond. Will the rise of robots fuel a new wave of “us versus them” populism capable of undermining democracy? Four experts debate the Future of Work in this month’s edition of the “fantastic” (New Yorker) live debate series.
Fresh off the release of Gumbo Unplugged (Morton Records), a single-take live album featuring a 22-piece supergroup and sweeping orchestral touches, the GRAMMY-nominated, multi-faceted musician stirs up his “deeply soulful R&B” (NPR), inspired by his native New Orleans, for an intimate show.
The iconic Brooklyn-based music and art venue House of Yes and Little Cinema host an evening of DJs and live performances honoring the many faces of David Bowie, from Ziggy Stardust and Major Tom to the Goblin King. The night will feature a Bowie-inspired makeup station and photo booth – costumes are encouraged, but not required.
Ireland’s chart-toppers and two-time Webby Award winners return to the US to open for The Kooks. The four-piece rock group’s debut LP, Tales from the Backseat (Downtown Records), earned raves from Uproxx, V Magazine, Clash and more and landed them an opening slot for The Rolling Stones in Dublin.
For Red Bull Music Festival, the musician, composer and producer premieres MYRIAD, a theatrical, medium-spanning installation and four-part epochal song cycle. These site-specific performances features OPN's first live touring ensemble plus special guests and collaborators, and it will embed the audience within the architecture of the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
Case appears on HQ Trivia Host Scott Rogowsky's live comedy talk show, alongside Paul Rudd and David Cross, at the Gramercy Theatre. Her interview and performance previews her self-produced new album Hell-On (6/1 via ANTI-), which Billboard calls her “biggest, brightest sounding album ever.”
Meiko celebrates the release of her upcoming covers album, Playing Favorites, out 5/25 via Chesky Records. On her new LP, Meiko reimagines a canon of ‘90s classics – from alt-rock to funk to hip-hop – as more intimate affairs guided by her stripped-down, haunting minimalist performance and gentle pop sensibility.
In collaboration with NPR Music and WFUV at Brooklyn’s Littlefield, Case and her band perform songs from new album Hell-On (6/1 via ANTI-) as well as some of her best-known material in this intimate performance. Billboard calls Case’s self-produced new album her “biggest, brightest sounding album ever.”
The Florida-born artist has churned out hits for the likes of Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Pitbull, Fifth Harmony and more for over a decade – now the powerhouse vocalist debuts her own music live. On stage with just her and a guitarist, Renea tells her own story with the poetic prowess and unstoppable knack for melody that has brought so many others’ hits to life.
Ireland’s chart-toppers and two-time Webby Award winners return to the US to open for The Kooks. The four-piece rock group’s debut LP, Tales from the Backseat (Downtown Records), earned raves from Uproxx, V Magazine, Clash and more and landed them an opening slot for The Rolling Stones in Dublin.
For Red Bull Music Festival, the musician, composer and producer premieres MYRIAD, a theatrical, medium-spanning installation and four-part epochal song cycle. These site-specific performances features OPN's first live touring ensemble plus special guests and collaborators, and it will embed the audience within the architecture of the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
Having sold out its debut last November, Ariana and the Rose brings “light + space” back to the celebrated Bushwick-based creative space for a three-event residency. Self-described as “Studio 54 in outer space,” the immersive music experience spotlighted by New York Magazine, HuffPost, and Time Out NY consists of interactive theater, a DJ set and a live performance by Ariana.
The New Orleans pianist brings his trio – Cornell Williams on bass and A.J. Hall on drums – to the East Coast to preview Dyna-Mite (7/13 via Thirty Tigers), the follow-up to his GRAMMY-winning last LP. Rolling Stone says Cleary's music is "full of hooks and syncopation descended from James Booker and Professor Longhair," and his career includes writing and performing with Dr. John, B.B. King, John Scofield and Taj Mahal, as well as playing in Bonnie Raitt's band for 10 years.
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