It took 26 years for New York City to get its own Fete de La Musique event. Under the banner of Make Music New York, the Big Apple finally joins some 300 other cities around the globe who for a day at least (June 21 for most events) celebrate music in all its shapes and forms and it’s all free.
Get a taste of the sounds on display thanks to the Time Out-Make Music New York Calendar.
It lists concerts by neighborhoods and in alphabetical order. Not all the links work and it would have bee n helpful if they highlighted some of the bands and musicians in various styles but hey, it is only their first year so let’s cut them some slack.
A few things I picked from the program:
Aaron Shragge
“The subtle sound of the Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) mixed with north Indian Raga bathed in ambient textures, that also include melancholy trumpet and vocal sounding lap steel guitar.” World West Village
(Manhattan) Winston Churchill Square, Carmine St
(at Bleecker St) 8:00pm 10:00pm
Alash Ensemble Discover Tuvan Throat Singing with the Alash Ensemble…Chelsea
(Manhattan) Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W 17th St
(between 6th Ave and 7th Ave) Noon 1:00pm
Barra Libre Mentioning The Clash and Mano Negra amongst its influences, Barra Libre is described as Marriachi-Punk Funk and plays in Chelsea
(Manhattan) 23rd St
(at 5th Ave) 6:00pm 7:30pm
Look at it as a cocktail party with finger food, taste all the flavors you like…after all it’s free.
Bonne Chance!
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I checked out the link you gave for the ‘Make Music NY’ schedule. I put in ‘Upper West Side’ (my neighborhood) and in the category I chose ‘other’. Only one performance came up – the ‘Saw Lady’ (http://www.SawLady.com ) will play the musical saw on Amsterdam Avenue between 104th & 105th streets from 1-4PM. Now that’s different! Not something you see/hear every day 🙂 Pretty cool – thanks for the link info.