A new dispute has risen up between Local 802, the union that represents Broadway musicians, and the show’s producers over the number of live musicians included in the production

Recent census data reveals that the Mexican population in New York City has increased by 71 percent in the last decade. That means a lot more cumbia sonidero parties will be happening in community centers and banquet halls across the city's boroughs.

Musician, filmmaker and counter-cultural legend Melvin Van Peebles brings his new band to Zebulon's stage at the tender age of 78. Download "Play It As It Lays," which has never been released, here.

Musician, filmmaker and counter-cultural legend Melvin Van Peebles brings his new band to Zebulon's stage at the tender age of 78. Download "Play It As It Lays," which has never been released, here.

The American Folk Art Museum has announced that it will be selling its 30,000 square-foot building to the Museum of Modern Art. The museum will be moving to a much smaller space it rents across from Lincoln Center.

The Detroit indie pop band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. dons its NASCAR jumpsuits and hits the stage at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night. Download "Morning Thought" off its upcoming album here.

More than fifty years since its founding, Cuba's premier modern dance troupe hits U-S soil for the first time. On Tuesday evening, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba begins a twelve-night stint at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea as part of the Si Cuba! festival.

Roberto Carlos Lange, a.k.a. Helado Negro, brings his Spanish-language art-pop to Glasslands on Tuesday. Download his "Regresa" here.

On Monday night, a new festival hopes to draw attention to old-school venues like Minton’s Playhouse and the Lennox Lounge by bringing modern-day luminaries to Harlem for a week of concerts. The Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival will feature performances by Jason Moran, Wycliffe Gordon, Geri Allen, and Meshell Ndegeocello, among others.

The Ghanaian rapper Blitz the Ambassador brings his killer horn-fronted band and a new album to SOBs Wednesday night. Download the single, "Best I Can" here.

Verbose indie-pop band Somebody Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin brings a taste of Springfield, Missouri to Brooklyn Tuesday night at the Rock Shop. Download their "Sink/Let it Sway" here.

Watcha Clan, the electro-meets-worldbeat pioneers from Marseilles, brings its futuristic folk music to LPR tonight. Download "Im Nin Alu" here.

The Rómulo Larrea Tango Ensemble guides audiences through the work of Argentina's master tango composers in "Tangos From Gardel to Piazolla" at Town Hall on Friday. Download its recording of the Gardel classic "Mi Buenos Aires Querido" here.

The Cypress String Quartet presents a tribute to American composer Benjamin Lees at Christ and St. Stephen's Church on Thursday. Download the fourth movement from Lees' String Quartet #5 here.

Matthew Shipp and Darius Jones bring their free-jazz song cycles to the Jazz Standard Wednesday night. Download "Zillo Valla" here.

Tickets for "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway are selling like hotcakes, but some of them are fake.

Tropical Bass beatsmith Uproot Andy brings hyped up Afro-Colombian dance sounds to Webster Hall on Tuesday. Download his "El Botellón" here.

The three members of The Beastie Boys are well into their 40s, but that hasn't stopped them from releasing a new album: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, which is due out in stores on Sunday, May 3.

The Electric Junkyard Gamelan brings its homemade instruments and groove-based music to Brooklyn's Barbes Saturday night. Download the band's "Space Kitty" here.

The Jalopy Theater presents the Kings County Opry on Friday, featuring bluegrass whiz kids The Five Deadly Venoms. Download the band's "Toy Heart" here.