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2011 Stories by Aidan Levy

• Marco Benevento

  published December 21, 2011

  Headlining an afterparty for the Thursday night leg of Phish's annual New Year's run, the Wurlitzer wonder might be the best cure for your... More >>

• Gov't Mule

  published December 21, 2011

  With Congress in a mule-like deadlock, this Southern rock jam band's name suddenly seems to make a lot more sense. So what is a government mule... More >>

• Jon Menges Trio w/ Pete McCann

  published December 21, 2011

  For those who never got to hobnob with the VIP crowd at Elaine's, this Upper East Side spot is only a block away and offers that quintessential... More >>

• Ben Allison

  published December 21, 2011

  The charismatic bassist and composer purveys the type of jazz that might appeal to metal heads or someone with a hankering for Malian traditional... More >>

• Rudresh Mahanthappa

  published December 21, 2011

  The alto saxophonist and co-leader of the Indo-Pak Coalition returns to familiar territory with a reconstituted quartet, replacing the piano chair... More >>

• Matisyahu's 'Festival of Light'

  published December 14, 2011

  Recently, the Jewish world shook with the news of Beard-gate, Matisyahu's shocking decision to shear off his trademark facial hair, and his... More >>

• Frank London's Klezmer Brass Band All-Stars

  published December 14, 2011

  With the seasonal yuletide cheer, flickering lights, and colds that rivals the gulag, it's only natural to have a hankering for the old country... More >>

• Lettuce

  published December 7, 2011

  Rooted in the Meters, Tower of Power, and Curtis Mayfield, these groove-hardy cabbage patch kids combine the four classical elements to make funk... More >>

• Eve Beglarian

  published December 7, 2011

  In 2009, post-minimalist composer Eve Beglarian embarked on a year-long kayak journey down the Mississippi River, keeping an aural journal and... More >>

• Ceramic Dog

  published November 30, 2011

  Named after a French expression for the moment of snarling restraint before two dogs attack each other, Marc Ribot's post-hyphenate power trio... More >>

• Basya Schechter

  published November 16, 2011

  The intensely spiritual Jewish songstress and her mystical band Pharaoh's Daughter just released Songs of Wonder, a klezmer-folk homage to... More >>

• Mustard Plug

  published November 9, 2011

  Dust off your Vans, break out the porkpie, dredge up your sunglasses one last time, and get ready for some serious skanking. After 20 years of... More >>

• Etienne Charles

  published November 9, 2011

  The Trinidad-Tobago-born trumpeter throws it all in the pot on Kaiso, his recent jazz-tinged calypso release. If Harry Belafonte picked up... More >>

• Allen Toussaint

  published November 9, 2011

  Allen Toussaint is a living piece of rock history, bridging the gap between jazz, zydeco, and country. A Katrina refugee, the 73-year-old legend... More >>

• Elysian Fields

  published November 9, 2011

  These are strange days, and Last Night on Earth, the band's most fully realized mood piece to date, offers an apocalyptic vision that dives... More >>

• Pacifica Quartet

  published November 2, 2011

  The Met's Grammy-winning quartet-in-residence continues its series of Beethoven string quartets with a triptych culled from the master's early,... More >>

• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

  published November 2, 2011

  In the wake of the irreconcilable infighting that disbanded Britpop superband Oasis, the creative force behind "Wonderwall," "Champagne... More >>

• Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls

  published October 26, 2011

  Frank Turner has the brash charisma of the best British pub singers, but with his roots in hardcore punk outfit Million Dead, he hasn't lost that... More >>

• Lupe Fiasco

  published October 26, 2011

  Lasers started out as a manifesto, but Atlantic Records wrapped it up in so much red tape that anything revolutionary got buried underneath... More >>

• Brand Nubian+Nice and Smooth+Pete Rock

  published October 19, 2011

  In 1992, Pete Rock and CL Smooth released the jazz-tinged dirge "They Reminisce Over You," which went on to become their hit single. After 15... More >>

• 'Tablaphilia'

  published October 19, 2011

  In Hinduism, the cacophony of life in all its meaningless sound and fury is referred to as the illusory Maya. When 22 tabla players and four... More >>

• Hernan Romero

  published September 28, 2011

  From the pampas of Buenos Aires to the beaches of Cadiz in Andalusia, Spain, flamenco guitarist Hernan Romero inhabits a world of extremes. A... More >>

• Smashing Pumpkins

  published September 28, 2011

  The band that taught a generation of disaffected teens that melancholy was two words is back again. Though Billy Corgan is the only remaining... More >>

• Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks

  published September 28, 2011

  With Prohibition fever running rampant, Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Orchestra are back in fashion, not that they weren't always the cat's... More >>

• Primus

  published September 14, 2011

  The spirit of youthful indiscretion surges through Green Naugahyde, Primus's first release in 12 years, but there's a palpable sense of... More >>