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Chico Trujillo is leading Chile's cumbia revival. The band brings its old-school, brass-heavy sound to SOBs on Tuesday night. Download "Conductor" here.

On Tuesday, the city’s Landmark Preservation Commission will hold public hearings on the creation of a massive West End Historic District. The proposal is causing a rift between loca...

From "Tilted Arc" to "Civic Virtue," outdoor statues and monuments have long been the focus of controversy in N.Y.C.

The "space age bachelor pad" sounds of Mexico's mid-20th century composer Juan Garcia Esquivel are resuscitated Friday night at Le Poisson Rouge by Mr. Ho and his 22-piece Orchestroti...

Toshi Reagon is a songwriter who combines a blues-and-soul sensibility with rock-and-roll swagger and thoughtful commentary. Download "Beauty" here, from her upcoming album There and Back Again.

Lynne Arriale brings her quartet, including bass extraordinaire Omar Avital and drummer Athony Pinciotti, to the Jazz Standard Wednesday night. Download her "Dance of the Rain" here, ...

South by Southwest kicks off tonight in Austin Texas, and 225 bands from New York City are representing for the Big Apple. Download over 50 free tracks from local artists performing at SXSW here.

Bass guitarist and composer Skuli Sverrisson brings his cinematic instrumental soundscapes to Le Poisson Rogue Tuesday night. Download "Her Looking Back," recorded with Amadeo Pace of Blonde Redhead.

Deerhoof, the indie rock band led by Tokyo-born singer Satomi Matsuzaki, kicked off JapanNYC at Carnegie Hall with a concert on Monday night.

Two days after a bus crash left 15 passengers dead, questions are being raised about how a lack of safety regulations on small bus carriers may have contributed to tragedy on Interstate 95.

Irka Mateo is Dominican songwriter who draws on her country's rich folkloric sounds and indigenous Caribbean themes in her music. Download her accordion-centric "Hombre de la tierra" here.

The instrumental organ trio Soulive brings its down-and-dirty funk to Brooklyn Bowl as part of a two week-long residency full of special guests. Download "Too Much," featuring vocalist Nigel Hall, here.

On “Eli,” Ravid Kahalani and his band Yemen Blues sing in a Yemenite Hebrew dialect over a rich curtain of sound that includes jazzy horns, soaring strings, and relentless percussio...

Indie songwriting legend Conor Oberst, alias Bright Eyes, takes the stage at Radio City tonight, promoting his latest (and last) release The People's Key. Download "Shell Game" and "Halie Selassie" here.

It’s a sad day for New York's street artists. Developers are planning to bulldoze Five Pointz in Queens, an icon of graffiti culture worldwide, and replace it with new high rises.

The New York mixologist Jace Clayton, a.k.a. DJ /rupture, heads up a live band called Nettle, which plays the Bell House on Saturday night. Download the band's live remix of Maga Bo's "Nakhil" here.

Visionary jazz pianist Fred Hersch plays the Jazz Standard Thursday through Sunday. Download a lucious solo piano track from his brand-new album Alone at the Vanguard for free here.

This week, fine art meets flash as five sculptures by high-profile artists land in Times Square, a public art exhibition connected to Armory Arts Week. On Tuesday morning after the un...

Superhuman Happiness is a genre-bending indie rock band led by Stuart Bogie, the sax wizard beyond the fiery Antibalas horns. Tuesday night, they play Le Poisson Rouge. Download the band's "GMYL" here.

Gutiarist and composer Giancarlo Vulcano plays noir-influenced cinematic music from his new album, My Funny Valentine. Download his "On The Case" here.