Brooklyn singer-songwriter Theo Katzman is one to watch, soulfully crooning and writing funky and sweet songs that balance the romance of indie with the fun of pop. Between starring in some infectious music videos for his singles (including the dance break-featuring clip for "Brooklyn") and... More >>

Allen Toussaint’s songs were once defined by the kind of slippery funk that could only be found in New Orleans—50 variations of backbeat girding hits by Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe, and other regional heroes. On the new Songbook album and DVD, he gives us a one-man career retrospective... More >>

He’s a lapsed Mormon back in the city that he visits far too infrequently, he’s calling this musical return “Spencer Day’s One-Man Show: Day Trippin’.” Bright and good-looking, he’s drawn his influences from all over the place and gives some hints... More >>

If you take 2003’s Sí, 2006’s Limón y Sal, and 2010’s Otra Cosa out of view, one gets a very different impression of Julieta Venegas. Gone, for the most part, would be the pop chanteuse of that trilogy of albums, whose effervescent tunes catapulted her into the... More >>

For all the hoo-ha about how scary and threatening Scandinavian black metal is, few bands actually cover themselves in animal blood and worship Satan, and even fewer make it to the States to tour. One of the lucky ones—if you want to call them that—is Watain, a Swedish group who have... More >>

Wish you could have been in NYC for the rise of hip-hip in the ’80s? Tonight, let photographer Ricky Powell (a/k/a the Fourth Beastie Boy) educate you at “Funky Dope Maneuvers,” an exhibition and slideshow of New York and its legendary characters, including Run–D.M.C.,... More >>

Charli XCX is on her way to synthpop stardom, and she has only recently turned 21. With a guest spot on one of this year's biggest and most infectious singles, Icona Pops "I Love It," and her own well-received major label debut album True Romance, Charli has found the right time and place to... More >>

Though I was born too late to enjoy an '80s prom myself, I may once have actively requested Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" at a junior high semiformal. Conversely, this interactive show aims to give nostalgia musicals a good name when it invites audiences to drink, dance, and vote for... More >>

The Voice staff's home away from home features solid singer-songwriter acts every Sunday. Solo acts and duos only; seek thy massive klezmer dance parties elsewhere. More >>

In May 1965, the young heavyweight champ Cassius Clay was nearing one of his most anticipated fights when he invited the washed-up actor Stepin Fetchit into his entourage. But why? Will Power’s new drama, Fetch Clay, Make Man, concerns how this unlikely pair became friends despite their... More >>

Sure you’ve heard of karaoke, but what about Spokaoke? Created by Obie-winning director Annie Dorsen, the event puts 100 texts—political speeches, eulogies, philosophical writings—into a karaoke machine for you to interpret and read however you like (options include... More >>