The New Orleans singer and songwriter plays music from her Haitian and protest-inspired latest album, The Capitalist Blues (1/25 via PIAS), with her band. McCalla, who counts the New York Times, Vogue, NPR and more as fans, has toured with Rhiannon Giddens and performed multiple times at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, as well as an event co-hosted by Solange to benefit the Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans.
Folkways presents a free showcase highlighting some of its current roster for 2019’s Association of Performing Arts Professionals Conference. APAP members and the public alike can experience the talents of three new and innovative Folkways artists: Kaia Kater, Lula Wiles and The Bright Siders featuring Kristen Andreassen.
This intimate album-release show with the Memphis-bred artist and his band will feature stories and acoustic performances of songs from his new album, After All (1/11 via Hard Luck Recording Company).
In honor of new album Look Alive (1/18 via Nettwerk/Ocho Mule), the storied band joins Connor Ratliff (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Orange Is The New Black, Search Party) and Michael Cruz Kayne (Billy On The Street) as the special guest of the sold-out, hour-long “TRI: An Improv Show.” The band will participate in skits throughout the night, and surprises are sure to ensue.
Ten years after one of the worst financial crises in history, is the global financial system more resilient? Intelligence Squared U.S. kicks off its 13th year debating this question. Jason Furman, Neel Kashkari, Kenneth Rogoff and Gillian Tett debate.
The band hosts an evening of live music and conversation at The Strand's Rare Book Room, moderated by Emmy winner Ted Allen, host of Chopped and a member of the original Queer Eye cast. Guster will perform acoustic renditions of songs from new album Look Alive (1/18 via Nettwerk/Ocho Mule), answer audience questions and sign copies of the LP.
Continuing Intelligence Squared's explorations into science and technology, Dr. Ross MacPhee and Dr. Lynn J. Rothschild (for) and Stewart Brand and Dr. George Church (against) debate “de-extinction,” once a fantasy scientific process explored in films like “Jurassic Park” that soon could become reality.
