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I'm in Colorado all this week, more for hiking and biking than music, but this weekend, Denver is hosting its annual free Taste of Colorado festival on the Civic Mall. […]

 Austin's Lonesome Heroes, whom I first saw at the tail end of SXSW earlier this year, played an entrancing set of psychedelic country on Sunday night at Superfine in DUMBO.

I was up in Toronto this past Saturday where, sometime around midnight, I found myself in an upstairs African restaurant near Kensington Market called Teranga (no website), which in the

A brilliant show from Chapel Hill-based Lost in the Trees this past Monday at the Mercury Lounge, layering classical textures (via two cellos and a violin) on top of indie

Sadly, I only made it to Central Park's Summerstage for the first time yesterday afternoon. And, as you can see from the photo above, I didn't even make it inside. But,

The great jazz pianist/vocalist/composer Abbey Lincoln passed away yesterday at the age of 80. A huge loss for everyone who knows and loves this music. Times obituary here.

A little rain wasn't enough to keep away a capacity crowd from riding the ferry to Governors Island Thursday night for an extraordinary triple bill. Experimentalists Gang Gang Dance opened, led

I'm sharing a ferry to Governors Island with the members of Grizzly Bear, who are headlining a killer Bowery Presents show tonight that also features Gang Gang Dance and The

On my last night at Tanglewood, I caught an amazing two hour set by jazz legend Herbie Hancock and his band, playing to a capacity crowd in Ozawa Hall that overflowed