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Composer Stephen Sondheim turned 80 last month and the musical theatre world is pull out all the stops to celebrate. The Roundabout Theatre Company announced it is renaming a Broadway theater for him. Starting today, the non-profit is staging a new musical revue, "Sondheim on Sondheim," featuring many of the ...

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Formed in Berkeley, Calif., The Morning Benders emerged from this spring's South by Southwest music festival with a full head of steam. The band is now living in New York, and member Christopher Chu co-produced the new album Big Echo with Chris Taylor of the local outfit Grizzly Bear. Before ...

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This environmentally-aware chanteuse is on a ecological mission. Download her vibrant track "Salamalama Aby," then catch her special Earth Day performance tonight at S.O.B.'s.

This otherworldly pop duo will be opening for Dosh tonight at Union Hall. Download their dreamy track "No Logic."

This indie folk singer-songwriter will be headlining tonight's show at the Highline Ballroom. Download his warm track "Words."

For more than a decade the British quartet, The Clientele have built upon the pop sound of the Beach Boys and the Byrds, adding French surrealism and British poetry along the way.