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Friday, May 30, 2008

Radiohead, Isaac Hayes and the Mostly Mozart Festival are among the highlights of this summer's concert agenda in New York. Today: we take you through a selected round-up of the best summer concerts for all tastes. Also: New York is clearly a star in "Sex and the City: The Movie," which opens this weekend. The composer of the film's musical score talks about capturing the essence of big-city glamour. Meanwhile, big-city grit has often been a theme of Bang on a Can's annual Marathon. We get a preview of this weekend's edition. And finally: a trip way downtown, to a sound installation created by David Byrne.

Top Ten New York Summer Concerts

The hot months ahead are the busiest for concert-goers and there are events all over the city. Yancey Strickler from eMusic.com brings some help, picking the ten events you can’t miss.

Top ten New York summer concerts, compiled by eMusic editor Yancey Strickler

5/30 Wire at South Street Seaport

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Downtown Sounds

Musician David Byrne talks about his music installation, called "Playing the Building," which opens this weekend in the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan.

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Bang on a Can 2008

Music critic Anastasia Tsioulcas previews this weekend's Bang on a Can Marathon, which will include new-music groups like Alarm Will Sound and Crash Ensemble as well as alt-rockers like Dan Deacon and Marnie Stern.

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