And now, a selection of musical events taking place between today and Sunday: Thursday 9/4/08 Union Hall: The Drones, Brothers & Sisters, The Tall Pines (Indie)- $12, 7:30pm Friday 9/5/08 Southpaw: Maps & Atlases, Nurses, The Gang (Indie)- $10, 9:00pm Saturday 9/6/08 Barbes: Live Broadcast of WFMU’s Transpacific Sounds Paradise. Featuring: Brooklyn Qawwali Party, Red […]

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And now, a selection of music available from tonight through Wednesday: Monday 9/8/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam–Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin/Surf/Psychedelic) $10, 9:30pm Tuesday 9/9/08 Barbes: SOM (Classical Indian/Jazz/Trance) $10, 7:00pm Bar 4: Open Mike […]

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Herewith a selection of music available for one’s listening pleasure today through the end of the Labor Day Weekend: Thursday 9/4/08 Union Hall: Windsor For The Derby, Mr. Gnome- $12, 7:30pm Friday 9/5/08 Freddies Bar & Backroom: Bob Town, The Project H, Seth Kess (Rock/Jazz/Singer-Songwriter)-Free!!, 9:00pm Saturday 9/6/08 South Street Seaport: East Village Radio Music […]

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Herewith a selection of music available for one’s listening pleasure today through the end of the Labor Day Weekend: Thursday 8/28/08 Southpaw: Hot Peas & Butta- DJ’s Cash Money & Skeme Richards (Funk/Soul) -$7, 9:00pm Friday 8/29/08 South Street Seaport: Oneida, Endless Boogie, & Special Guest (Indie) –Free!!, 7:00pm Saturday 8/30/08 Union Hall: Live Band […]

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Herewith a selection of music being performed between today and Wednesday: Monday 8/25/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Tuesday 8/12/08 Barbes: Jenny Scheinman (Violinist/Composer) $10, 7:00pm Wednesday 8/13/08 Jalopy: “Roots n’ Ruckus” w/ Sean Condron […]

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Herewith a selection of concerts taking place between today and Sunday: Thursday 8/21/08 Seaside Park @ West 5th St. & Surf Ave. : Huey Lewis & The News (Sounds Like: The Power of Love)- Free, 7:30pm Friday 8/22/08 South Street Seaport: Oneida, Endless Boogie (Indie)-Free!!, 7:00pm Saturday 8/23/08 Music Hall of Williamsburg: Professor Murder, Pink […]

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And now, a selection of some musical happenings this weekend in Brooklyn: Thursday 8/14/08 Marcus Garvey Park: Big Daddy Kane (Hip Hop-) Free!!, 7:00pm Friday 8/15/08 South Street Seaport: Dirty Projectors, White Williams (Indie) –Free!!, 7:00pm Saturday 8/16/08 Southpaw: The Bushwick Wildlife Preserve Presents: Burn it Down! A benefit for the House of Yes, a […]

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And now, a selection of some musical happenings from today through Wednesday in Brooklyn, paying special attention to tonight’s free Jill Scott show at Wingate Field: Monday 8/11/08 MLK Concert Series, Wingate Field: Jill Scott. Free! 7:30 PM Jalopy: Country Blues Jam–Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate […]

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And now, a selection of some musical happenings this weekend in Brooklyn: Friday 8/8/08 East River State Park: 88BoaDrum featuring Gang Gang Dance at the Williamsburg Waterfront- an unprecedented aural and visual experience. (All tickets already distributed…they’re on Craigslist, though.) Saturday 8/9/08 Celebrate Brooklyn: Hal Willner’s Bill Withers Project: Many artists come together to celebrate […]

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And now, a selection of musical happenings tomorrow and Friday from Dan Bennis: Thursday 8/7/08 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Richie Havens Featuring Marcus Carl Franklin (Folk/Blues) – Free!!, 12:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn: Ailey II (Dance)- Free!!, 8:00pm Friday 8/8/08 South Street Seaport: Cass McCombs, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Indie)-Free!!, 7:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn: Lila […]

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Herewith a selection of music coming up on Saturday and Sunday: Saturday 8/2/08 Celebrate Brooklyn: Father Goose, The Sippy Cups, Sonia Manzano, James McDaniel, Joan Osborne (Kids/Folk/Ecclectic)- Free!! 4:00pm Sunday 8/3/08 McCarren Park Pool: Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Kahn & His Shrines, Tall Firs (Indie Rock)- Free!!, 2:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn: African Guitar festival: Oliver Mtukudzi […]

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And now, a selection of Brooklyn musical happenings today and tomorrow: Thursday 7/31/08 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Meshell Ndegeocello (Soul) – Free!!, 12:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn: Mark Morris Dance Group-Free!!, 8:00pm Castle Clinton, River to River: The Long Winters (Indie)- Free!!, 7:00pm Friday 8/1/08 South Street Seaport: Brother Ali, The Rub (Hip Hop) […]

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And now, a selection of Brooklyn musical happenings from today through Wednesday: Monday 7/28/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam–Bring yoru fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Tuesday 7/29/08 Barbes: Slavic Soul Party (Balkan/Gypsy/Funk) $10, 9:00pm Wednesday 7/30/08 Music at The Bridge, Tobacco Warehouse […]

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And now, a selection of concert happening from today, 7/24, through Sunday, 7/27, compiled for GL by Dan Bennis: Thursday 7/24/08 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Alice Smith (Soul) – Free!!, 12:00pm Friday 7/25/08 Celebrate Brooklyn: The Philip Glass Ensemble perform the score to POWAQQATSI, w/ The Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Marta Topferova […]

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Herewith a selection of performances tonight and tomorrow night: Tuesday 7/22/08 Union Hall: Bound Stems, Rahim, The Muggabears (Indie Rock)- $12, 7:30pm Wednesday 7/23/08 Music at The Bridge, Tobacco Warehouse (Jalopy): Rob Reddy’s Tenfold, The Otis Brothers, The Wiyos (Country/Old-Time/Blues/Classical) – Free!! 6:30pm —Dan Bennis

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Here are a couple of show coming up in Brooklyn today, Monday, July 21, 2008. (We’ll have Tuesday and Wednesday listings tomorrow.): Jalopy: Jenny Scheinman (Violinist/Composer)- $8, 8:00pm Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin, Surf Rock, Psychedelic)- $10, 9:30pm —Dan Bennis

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Herewith, a selection of shows in Brooklyn on Saturday and Sunday: Saturday 7/19/08 Barbes: Polka Freak Out (Polka/Gypsy)-$10, 10:00pm Siren Music festival: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Broken Social Scene, Islands, Ra Ra Riot, The Helio Sequence, Beach House, Times New Viking, Jaguar Love, The Dodos (Indie/Alternative/Folk)-Free!!!, Sunday 7/20/08 McCarren Park Pool: Liars, F**K Buttons, […]

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Herewith a selection of concert events for today and tomorrow. The list this week is so long that we’ll be running the Saturday and Sunday events compiled by Dan Bennis tomorrow: Thursday 7/17/08 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Phoebe Snow (Jazz/Blues)-Free!!, 12:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn: Jerry Douglas, Holmes Brothers (Bluegrass, Blues)- Free!!, 7:30pm McCarren […]

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And now, a selection of concert events from today through Wednesday, July 16: Monday 7/14/08 Prospect Park: The New York Philharmonic will perform in the Long Meadow. Program includes Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, K.125a, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and Sibelius’ Finlandia. Fireworks at the conclusion. Free. Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin, Surf Rock, Psychedelic)- $10, […]

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Herewith, a selection of some musical events from today through Sunday brought to you, as always, by GL contributor Dan Bennis: Friday 7/11/08 Barbes: Smokey’s Roundup (Western Swing) $10, 10:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn: Brazilian Girls, Chicha Libre, Ticklah (Electronic, Surf Rock, Reggae)- Free!!, 7:00pm Saturday 7/12/08 Celebrate Brooklyn: Beth Orton, Matt Munister (Folk/Trip-Hop, Rock/Jazz)- Free!!, 7:30pm […]

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And, now, a selection of Brooklyn shows from today through Wednesday: Monday 7/7/08 BAM: Afro-Punk Festival — Hollwood Holt, Tim Williams, Shala, Proton, Sky Hy (Punk, Indie). Free!!, 4:00-10:00pm Tuesday 7/8/08 Union Hall: Experimental Philosophy Book Release Party w/ performances by: Shaun Nichols & Joshua Knobe (Philosophers), Eugene Mirman (Comedian), Alina Simone (Musician). $8, 7:30pm […]

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Herewith a selection of shows in Brooklyn through this holiday weekend compiled by Dan Bennis: Friday 7/4/08 Jalopy: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, La Cumbiamba eNeye, The Quackatorians, Juan Medrano Cotito (Latin) $17, 4:00pm Union Hall: 4th of July BBQ–The Sweet Divines, Brownbird Rudy Relic (Indie) $15, 6:00pm Barbes: Conjunto Guantanamo (Afro-Cuban) $10, 9:00pm […]

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And now, a look at some concerts and shows taking place today. We’ll have the full, and busy, Friday-Sunday Calendar tomorrow: Thursday 6/26/08 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Orchestra Baobab (Senegalese Afro-Pop Orchestra) – Free!!, 12:00pm Jalopy: Eamonn Dowd (Country/Rockabilly) – $8, 9:00pm Union Hall: Stars Like Fleas, Josef Och Erika, Inlets, Paul […]

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Herewith, a selection of shows coming up in Brooklyn today through Wednesday. Monday 6/23/08 Union Hall: Jenny Owen Youngs, Food Will Win The War $12, 8:30pm Tuesday 6/24/08 Southpaw: Chris Devoe // Multitudes w/ DJ sets by Prefuse 73, Leb Laze, Epstein, JayTram, J-Stroke $8, 8:00pm Wednesday 6/25/08 Barbes: Norden Bombsight $10, 8:00pm; Andrew D’Angelo […]

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Herewith, a selection of shows coming up in Brooklyn today through Sunday. Thursday 6/19/08 BAM Rythym & Blues Festival at Metrotech: The Skatalites – Free, 12:00pm Music Hall of Williamsburg: Shearwater, Frog Eyes, Evangelicals $13 advance / $15 day of show, 9:00pm Union Pool: Jezebel Music: Cassettes Won’t Listen, Zigmat, Boys & Girls Club, Whole […]

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