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The late set at Southpaw tonight has Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers playing somewhere between The Doors psychedelic trance and PJ Harvey's infernal growl. Ray leads on vocals harmonium,

These natty old timers do a spiffy version of Rodgers and Hart's "(I'll Take) Manhattan." Too bad they've got the wrong borough…

I'd take just about any jazz at a Sunday street fair, but special props to this dude for hauling his vintage Hammond BV to the corner of Smith and Butler

I know there are a lot of fans of Blonde Redhead's meandering, atmospheric sound – punctuated by Kazu Makino's eerie, echoing vocals – but after having seen them 1/2 dozen times over

It was welcome release from all the Michael Jackson hoopla to have Celebrate Brooklyn to go to last night, for a free show by Femi Kuti, oldest son of Afropop

I was a bit taken aback by the immediate and overwhelming reaction to Michael Jackson's passing earlier today. To be frank, I didn't understand it. Really? Michael Jackson? I mean,

This city needs another festival like a hole in its head, which may explain to some degree the scaled-down version of Montreal's first-ever Fete de la Musique, the day-long festival

More than anything, I've been impressed with the bilingual nature of Montreal, the ability of its inhabitants to effortlessly switch between French and English. Like this charming folk singer, who

I managed to make it back to Centro Gallego last night in time to catch Nicole Mitchell's Suono per il Popolo set with her Chicago-based band, Truth or Dare. The music was described