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Bio-Ritmo releases a new 45 RPM disc Friday night, bringing the band's experimental, unorthodox, and hard-hitting salsa to SOBs. Download "Dina's Mambo" for free, here.

Panamanian jazz master Danilo Perez arrives at the Standard tonight and plays through Sunday with his trio. Download "The Maze: The End," a duet with Rudresh Mahanthappa off of his new album, here.

After years of negotiations, the Beatles' music will be available for sale at the iTunes music store. WNYC and WQXR's music experts weigh in on the big news.

Star percussionist Pedrito Martinez brings his deep Afro-Cuban drumming to the Latin jazz setting with his band at Joe's Pub tonight. Download a live recording of his "La Luna" here.

DJ Shadow's been quiet in recent years. But his soul sampling and laid back beats are back on tracks like “I’ve Been Tryin.'"

Guitarist Leni Stern has gone from downtown jazz personality to singer songwriter, and now, she's trying her hand at funky African pop. Catch her at Barbes tonight, and download her "Sa Belle Belle Ba" here.

Singer songwriter and American hero Sufjan Stevens is not releasing an album for every state after all. But his new (and very different sounding) Age of Adz is an electro-folk masterp...

Alejo Aponte does his part to spread the gospel of Afro-Colombian music at Joe's Pub tonight. Download his hypnotic, pretty "La Fruta" here.

Former child star and musical prodigy Jair Oliveria stops off in New York this weekend to play his jazzed-up samba at SOBs. Download his funky "12o Jogadorm" here.

With thunder in their ample trombones, the unfortunately-named but highly-skilled Bonerama brings its brassy swamp-funk from NOLA to New York this Friday at Sullivan Hall. Download "Folly" here.

The New York Times called pianist Cyrus Chestnut, "one of jazz’s most convincing anachronisms.” Chestnut plays his dissonance-free, soulful jazz at the Standard tonight through Sunday...

Dub Trio bring its unlikely union of heavy metal and spacey dub to Mercury Lounge tonight. Download "No Flag" here.

The gourmet hamburger joint is headed to Brooklyn's Fulton Street mall.

Georgia-based Ponderosa brings its swaggering, no-frills Southern rock anthems to the Mercury Lounge tonight. Download the band's "Old Gin Road" here.

One EskimO, the pop-friendly indie cuartet from Britain with a penchant for cartoon eskimos, plays Highline Ballroom tonight. Download their "Amazing" here for free.

Fourteen years ago, a session meant to unite Cuban and Malian musicians was canceled, and by accident, the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon was born. Now, the project that was meant...

Natacha Atlas sings in classical Arabic to rich orchestral arrangments. Catch her at Le Poisson Rouge Monday night, and download her soaring "Makaan" here.

Cordero is one of the hottest Spanish-language indie bands around. The band plays its tasteful combination of Latin and rock elements on display in "Ruleta Rusa" at the Bell House tonight.

Oran Etkin fuses bass clarinet mastery with West African griot music with great success on his album Kelenia. Watch him tonight at Barbes, and download "Nina" for free here.

French electro-pop superstars Yelle released a new synth-soaked album this year, La Musique. Download a remix of the title track here, and watch a video that will teach you how to dance the tectonik.