Music

“I stretched myself as a singer on this record and used voices I never have before as a writer,” Beth Orton explains. “A lot of the writing on this record happened in the dead of night, when spiders mend their webs, with an infant asleep in the next room… as a result, my writing became a secret again: illicit and my own. Be there on Tuesday , July 30th, for her debut of ‘Sugaring Season’, her first album in six years and her Anti-Records debut.

On Monday, July 26th, DCS's esoteric diagrammatic drawings will be projected and deconstructed with a lecture examining their poetics, iconography, and internal texts.

On June 5, 2013 Hank Goldsmith, husband, father of five sons and stepsons, revered trial and appellate lawyer, friend, passed away after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. In loving memory, his two bands, the Petty Thieves and the Carjackers, both founded by Hank, will play a tribute concert to honor his memory and remember his light and loving soul. The show will be on August 1, 2013 at the Red Lion at 151 Bleecker Street, New York, NY. We send his love to his family and friends.

Famed for her lyrical storytelling, strong sense of Latin rhythms, and beautiful clear-toned voice, Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca shares the music of her vibrant tradition on stage at Highline Ballroom's Blue Note Jazz Festival, on Friday June 14th.

Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake seem to pop up on everybody's "favorite artists" list. At this year's Grammy Awards, Jay-Z hopped onstage and joined JT for the singer's latest, "Suit & Tie." Now you can enjoy both of these stars' biggest hits when The Timberfakes, the only Justin Timberlake tribute band, and Hard Knock Live, the premier Jay-Z cover collective, celebrate the Legends of Summer pn Saturday, June 8th.

Trace Bundy must be seen, not just heard. On May 3rd see that his music is poetry in motion—using harmonics, looping, multiple capos, and his unique banter and stage presence to deliver an unforgettable live concert experience.

The Dan Band brings their brand of raucous, high-energy comedy rock to New York City on Friday, April 12th. Known for their explicit covers of female-performed '80s pop songs like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Mickey," Dan Finnerty's Dan Band has appeared in the hit movies The Hangover, Starsky & Hutch and Old School, not to mention Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show, Last Call with Carson Daly and Ellen.

The Eyes of the Masters series on April 12th is a special class where legendary artists share their experiences, knowledge and insights into the world of music both as an art form and as a business.Pianist and composerFred Hersch has been called a "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation" by Downbeat and has earned a place among the foremost jazz artists in the world today.

Sweetbeatz is a band for young audiences that keeps little ones on their feet and dancing to the beat! Listed by NYC bloggers as one of the top shows to see for kids in NYC, you’re certain to enjoy her original soulful and silly tunes on Saturday, March 9th.

On Friday and Saturday, March 22nd and 23rd, the second installment of Synth Nights, a new intergenerational electronic music series previews. Each night will feature legendary composer David Behrman performing on a double bill with a different emerging composer duo.