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Music

May 1, 2012

Mad. Sq. Music: Bettye LaVette

Closing the 2012 season is acclaimed R&B legend, Bettye LaVette. LaVette is an American singer-songwriter with a 2011 Grammy nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues Album.” In 2004, The Blues Foundation selected “A Woman Like Me” as “Blues Comeback Album of the Year,” and was the 2008 award winner for “Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist” at… Read more

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Mad. Sq. Music: Celebrate July 4!

NOAM PIKELNY AND FRIENDS | 5PM Virtuosic banjo player Noam Pikelny headlines MSPC’s 10-year anniversary July 4 celebration with his band of friends including Aoife O’ Donovan (Crooked Still), Chris Eldridge (Punch Brothers), Dominick Leslie (The Deadly Gentlemen), Sam Grisman (The Deadly Gentlemen) and Alex Hargreaves. Part of the acclaimed bluegrass group Punch Brothers and… Read more

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An Evening of Folk

Join us for an evening of stellar folk music with Suzzy and Maggie Roche, Sloan Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche. **Tonight’s concert will be held on our rain location by the Shake Shack. Closest entrance on 23rd and 5th. Suzzy and Maggie Roche have been singing together for most of their lives. Together with sister,… Read more

Kids

Shine and the Moonbeams

Shine and the Moonbeams, a unique soul band for families, create a soulful musical extravaganza that captures the sweetness, uncertainty and simplicity of youth. Shine and the Moonbeams are singer-songwriter Shawana Kemp and guitarist John Heagle, two New York musicians who have collectively been in every musical genre from musical theatre to the circus.

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Gretchen Parlato & Gregory Porter

Gretchen Parlato comes to the Oval Lawn with her sultry, intriguing voice and unique, rhythmically agile phrasing. Describing her style and versatility, The Boston Globe notes, “Her voice is a conflux where hope, sensuality and tragedy all merge…the most original jazz singer in a generation.” With her last release, The Lost and Found garnering the… Read more

Kids

WeBop with Matt Wilson

Drummer Matt Wilson will be joined by Jeff Lederer (saxophones), Doug Wamble (guitar), Martin Wind (bass) and Patrice Turner (voice) for a WeBop Family Jazz Party! Music for little people and big people who love them to enjoy together – dancing, singing and jamming out with whatever you’ve got. Come along and join the party!

Kids

Mad. Sq. Kids: Moona Luna

Moona Luna is the passionate second project of Mexican-American songwriter Sandra Velasquez and her Latin band Pistolera. Inspired by the birth of her daughter, Velasquez wrote an albums’ worth of bilingual songs geared for families. Their debut album, Piñata Party, won a Parent’s Choice Award and the band has performed on festival stages all over… Read more

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Mad. Sq. Kids: The Wiyos

Fedoras, vaudeville, and washboards: The Wiyos transport us back to the 1920s and ’30s by inviting kids and adults alike to holler, stomp and sing along to old-time American folk music. This Brooklyn-based trio captures the vintage spirit of the era by drawing on blues, ragtime, spirituals, and Appalachian jug-band music. Featuring an array of… Read more

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Music for Aardvarks Band

It’s no exaggeration to say that Weinstone has changed the musical geography of New York. As creator of the Music for Aardvarks classes that take place over the five boroughs and across the country, his music has gotten thousands of tiny toes tapping! So come out to hear the electro-funk of “Big Boom Whacker” or… Read more

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Mad. Sq. Kids: Bubble do Beatles

Bubble do Beatles perform a free concert of the Fab Four’s early rock n’ roll classics for kids. The promise to have everyone twisting and shouting “yeah yeah yeah”!