Marlon Bishop

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 s...

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 co...

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 recor...

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

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.

Brooklyn-based group TV on the Radio announced on its Web site that its bassist, Gerard Smith, has died of lung cancer. Smith was born in Harlem, raised on Long Island and lived in Br...

Honeyboy Carencro is a retro-soul crooner from the great music city of New Orleans. Catch his show at Southpaw Wednesday, and download his down-home "Widowmaker"  here.

“Sister Act”, the musical, opens on Broadway on Wednesday. It's one of several film adaptations on Broadway right now.

Moroccan diva Malika Zarra brings her North African jazz-worldbeat sound to the Jazz Standard Tuesday night. Download her new track "Berber Taxi" here.

Those celebrating Passover on Monday night are likely to be using a Haggodah, the prayer book that guides diners through the Passover Seder meal. But few can turn to a book that's over 500 years old.

O'Death brings its American Gothic sound to the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg on Friday. Download "Bug," off the band's new album Outside for free.