The New Orleans singer and songwriter plays music from her Haitian and protest-inspired latest album, The Capitalist Blues (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.
After winning a GRAMMY and selling out his first headlining Kennedy Center performance, the busiest man in R&B launches both Steve McQueen's “Soundtrack of America series” and Manhattan's groundbreaking new arts space with this already sold-out performance.
The Indian singer-songwriter’s already incredible global journey includes teaching himself guitar on a $20 knock-off "Givson" in New Delhi, falling in love with Elliot Smith’s music as an NYU student, winning the 2017 International Songwriter Competition, and recording the cold/mess EP in Nashville with session musicians who've backed Willie Nelson, Cage The Elephant, and more. Kuhad returns to the US for a headlining tour following his sold-out first American tour last fall.
The Indian singer-songwriter’s already incredible global journey includes teaching himself guitar on a $20 knock-off "Givson" in New Delhi, falling in love with Elliot Smith’s music as an NYU student, winning the 2017 International Songwriter Competition, and recording the cold/mess EP in Nashville with session musicians who've backed Willie Nelson, Cage The Elephant, and more. Kuhad returns to the US for a headlining tour following his sold-out first American tour last fall.
A live taping of Alec Baldwin’s podcast Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, featuring special guest Julie K. Brown of the Miami Herald. This event is a part of the Greene Space’s 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of bringing New Yorkers forward-looking live art, theater, and journalism.
Following her Grand Ole Opry debut, appearances at Sundance Film Festival, and tour with Devotchka, the former member of The Lumineers embarks on her first solo headlining tour. With the help of a full band, Pekarek will perform songs from her debut album, Rattlesnake (S-Curve Records), which Billboard called “fearless” and MOJO dubbed “clever, high-camp, roots-pop drama.”
One of the world’s biggest classical stars returns with WQXR’s Clemency Burton-Hill to perform selections from his new solo album Piano Book, a collection of pieces that first inspired him to play the piano. This event is a part of the Greene Space’s 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of bringing New Yorkers forward-looking live art, theater, and journalism.
Mott The Hoople ’74, featuring core ’74 members Ian Hunter, Ariel Bender and Morgan Fisher, tour the US for the first time in 45 years. In its five-star review of their headlining 2018 Ramblin’ Man Fair set, Classic Rock magazine cited “Sweet Jane,” “Honaloochie Boogie” and their epic encore of “Saturday Gigs” as monumental moments: “Mott the Hoople are simply brilliant. Their energy, passion and obvious skills are a joy to behold…a band at the top of their game.”
After previewing new material during a series of residencies in their hometown Minneapolis to critical praise, the blood-harmony brother duo hits the road for a headlining tour in support of new album Easy Way (3/1). The new record follows several milestones, including tours with Kacey Musgraves and Jenny Lewis; performances at Newport Folk, Lincoln Center and more; and a perfectly cast appearance on the third season of David Lynch's Twin Peaks.
“24 @ 44: A Marathon Celebration of 10 Years in The Greene Space” is a nonstop 24-hour marathon of live journalism, music, art, performances, and parties, free and open to all. Special guests include Andrew Bird, Laurie Metcalf, DeRay Mckeeson, John Cameron Mitchell, and more. This event is the centerpiece of the Greene Space’s 10th anniversary.
Proponents claim driverless cars will drastically improve our lives, with fewer auto accidents, less traffic congestion and carbon emissions, and greater accessibility for those with physical limitations. Opponents, however, argue that autonomous vehicles will increase traffic, render current infrastructure obsolete, jeopardize millions of jobs, or even lead to potential disaster due to programming errors or hackers. Should we give this new technology the green light, or proceed with caution? During this live debate, economic development expert Jeffrey Sachs and self-driving technology company Aurora's CEO Chris Urmson will argue in favor of the motion. Debating against them will be NYU data-journalism professor Meredith Broussard and MIT transportation researcher Ashley Nunes.
Boston’s punk-inspired, county-rock five-piece and “one of the most promising up-and-coming country groups in the nation” (Metro) tours ahead of their soon-to-be-announced summer EP. Channeling performing greats like Eric Church and Hootie & the Blowfish, the band’s frenetic energy has earned them opening slots for Jason Aldean & Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, and Sam Hunt.
“One of the moment’s most adventurous and relevant musicians” (New York Magazine) explores the possibilities of real-time VR with his new interactive performance. Each show features live visuals rendered by Tepfer's playing in real time. The projections take the sonic data from his Disklavier piano to represent foundational aspects of each piece – pitch, dynamics, rhythm, harmony, and more – in both two dimensions and virtual reality.
The trio’s sardonic and chilling dance pop, now at its most cut-to-the-bone with new album Erotic Reruns (Yeasayer Records), comes to life on stage for this summer tour.
As discussions about climate change continue, one particular response has gained currency: “solar geoengineering.” Arguing in favor of the motion is climate change author Clive Hamilton, who was appointed by the Australian government to the Climate Change Authority in 2012, and Oxford scholar Anjali Viswamohanan. Arguing against it is Harvard professor David Keith, one of TIME magazine’s “Heroes of the Environment,” and UCLA professor Ted Parson, a former consultant for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
“One of the moment’s most adventurous and relevant musicians” (New York Magazine) explores the possibilities of real-time VR with his new interactive performance. Each show features live visuals rendered by Tepfer's playing in real time. The projections take the sonic data from his Disklavier piano to represent foundational aspects of each piece – pitch, dynamics, rhythm, harmony, and more – in both two dimensions and virtual reality.
The six-time GRAMMY-winning composer completes a series of performances with a Greene Space-commissioned world premiere, accompanied by the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. This event is a part of the Greene Space’s 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of bringing New Yorkers forward-looking live art, theater, and journalism.
The GRAMMY-winning MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient tours behind a number of new 2019 projects including there is no Other (5/3 via Nonesuch), an album recorded with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi that is at once a condemnation of "othering" and a celebration of the ties that bind.
Major’s first tour of 2019 and his new single, “Old Fashioned,” kick off another promising year for the North London crooner with “tremendous vocals” (Clash). Last year, he sold out two US headlining tours, including back-to-back nights at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom and Rough Trade and two nights at LA’s Masonic Lodge. He also made debuts on late-night TV (The Late Late Show with James Corden) and festivals (Bonnaroo), and he toured with Sam Smith in the UK.
Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning music icon Cyndi Lauper will perform with The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall as the orchestra presents its 36th Birthday Gala, Hall Full of Stars: The Songs of Cyndi Lauper on Monday, April 29, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Guest artists include Annaleigh Ashford, Boy George, Estelle, Bridget Everett, Lena Hall, Nona Hendryx, Carly Rae Jepsen, Ingrid Michaelson, Alex Newell, and Stark Sandsperforming songs from throughout Cyndi Lauper’s storied career including: “Time After Time,” “Who Let in the Rain,” “True Colors”, and “Soul of a Man” from the long-running Broadway hit Kinky Boots, plus more.
The New Yorker writer curates and hosts the first of a four-part series looking at the ways poets and poetry reflect contemporary life. This event is a part of the Greene Space’s 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of bringing New Yorkers forward-looking live art, theater, and journalism.
Songwriter and guitarist John Darnielle, bassist Peter Hughes, drummer Jon Wurster and multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas play some of their biggest venues to date on this extensive headlining US tour. These shows follow a busy 2018 for the band, in which they co-produced several episodes (and a live event) of the acclaimed podcast I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats; wrote a song for WWE professional wrestler Sasha Banks (at her request); and surprise-released the Hex of Infinite Binding EP, earning immediate praise from NPR and Pitchfork, noting the songs' “vivid characters, both real and fictionalized, [employed] as conduits for complicated ideas."
