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Fall music preview
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- Animal Collective makes Strawberry Jam; the Dap–Kings may play with Amy Winehouse, but they go home with Sharon Jones.
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Video tips & advice
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- Music vlog: Sept 6–12
- Music editor Mike Wolf steers you to aural enlightenment.
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- Fall Music outlook
- Learn about the can't-miss Music events from now until Thanksgiving.
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Critics' Picks in Music
- African Divas Tour with Nahawa Doumbia + Amity Meria + Affou Keita + Vivick Matoua + Doussou Bagayoyo
- Today 8pm. B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
- All the “divas” on this bill have the kind of big voices that have reached well beyond their African homeland, but the one to watch is right at the head of the marquee, Mali’s Nahawa Doumbia. She...
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- Ari Hoenig Trio featuring Jean-Michel Pilc
- Today 9pm; Today 10:30pm. Ongoing. Smalls
- Drummer Ari Hoenig usually anchors inventive pianist Jean-Michel Pilc’s quartet, but for this gig the roles are reversed. The disc to look for is the new Inversations (Smalls)....
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- Brazooca Band
- Today 9:30pm. Ongoing. Cafe Wha?
- Carlos Darci’s Brazooca Band is a genuine happening, in which three vocalists and an airtight rhythm section serve up sambas, bossas and newer fare to an appreciative (and largely Brazilian) crowd....
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- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Today 9pm. Music Hall of Williamsburg
- The bloggers who heaped praise upon Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s first album seemed kind of silent toward its (superior) second, Some Loud Thunder, which came out earlier this year (self-released,...
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- I Feel Good: Broadway Celebrates the Music of James Brown with Darius de Haas, Billy Porter, Chester Gregory, Aisha de Haas, Chuck Cooper, John Eric Parker, Devin Richards, Monroe Kent III, Maurice Murphy, Michael Scott James, Lili Cooper and Jesse Nager
- Today 7pm. Birdland
- Soulful Broadway stars including Chuck Cooper, Darius de Haas and Chester Gregory funk things up royally in this evening of James Brown tunes. Proceeds benefit the Broadway Inspirational Voices....
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Top live shows
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- Terence Blanchard
- Jazz Standard; Tue 11–Sept 16
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- Bill Callahan + Sir Richard Bishop
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Southpaw; Thu 6
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- Vampire Weekend + Yeasayer
- Music Hall of Williamsburg; Sat 8
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Yow Te Ching
Former Jesus Lizard mouthpiece David Yow reemerges with a new band and an outlook to match.
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Backstage with…
Sia
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Northern exposure
Vermonter Grace Potter sexes up her sound—and herself.
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- Kanye West
- Graduation (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
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- Kurt Cobain: About a Son
- Various artists (Barsuk
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- Biffy Clyro
- Puzzle (Roadrunner)
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- Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
- It’s Not Big It’s Large (Lost Highway)
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- Hot Hot Heat
- Happiness Ltd. (Sire)
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- The Trials of Darryl Hunt
- Various artists (Young American)
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