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The French musical collective Nouvelle Vague creates irresistible bossa nova covers of punk and post-punk classics. With five studio albums, over a million records sold, and extensive global tours under its belt, Nouvelle Vague celebrates its fifteenth anniversary with a glorious return to live...

From Niger, Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar creates bold, contemporary, desert rock filled with shredding guitar solos. His newest recording, Afrique Victime, burns with meditations on love, religion, women’s rights, inequality, and colonial exploitation of Western Africa....

San Francisco's groundbreaking ODC/Dance performs the Boston premiere of Path of Miracles...

Boston’s own Billy Wylder weaves together American folk and rock with sensibilities from the Sahara Desert. The band builds irresistible grooves informed by African rhythms, art-rock textures, expansive guitars, violins, synths, and drums.

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Grammy-nominated composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol presents ground-breaking jazz orchestra and trio music steeped in Middle Eastern cadences that draw from Turkish, mystical Sufi rituals, Sephardic Jewish musical elements, and more. In this double album release event, first Sanlıkol and his trio will...

Founded in 2018 by Jessie Jeanne Stinnett, Boston Dance Theater (BDT) is a Boston-based contemporary dance company codirected by Stinnett and award-winning Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili. BDT showcases the talents of Boston-based dancers and presents works by acclaimed choreographers. In...

Regarded by many as the world's finest traditional Irish band, Altan is renowned for its heartwarming, dynamic live performances that range from touching ballads to hard-hitting reels and jigs. Throughout its career Altan has shown an unwavering commitment to the beauty of traditional music,...

With a powerful and unforgettable voice, Tennessee-bred singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah cofounded the GRAMMY-nominated all-women-of-color supergroup Our Native Daughters with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell. Kiah's new album, Wary + Strange, combines the iconoclastic alt-...

One of the brightest lights on Havana’s thriving jazz scene, Harold López-Nussa  is a musician with  astonishing  gifts, combining dazzling technique and an abundance of soul. A classically trained pianist and composer, López-Nussa  integrates his love of  jazz  improvisation with his Cuban ...

A sensational live band, Tinariwen electrifies traditional Tuareg melodies with edgy blues, rock, Berber, and Arabic influences, producing a gritty, hypnotic sound.

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Natu Camara grew up in Guinea and led West Africa’s first all-female hip-hop sensation, The Ideal Black Girls. Now she’s out on her own with an effervescent sound that blends Afropop and soul with...

Known for his “artful and mesmerizing” (Dance Magazine) approach to hip-hop and Breaking, Raphael Xavier has explored Breaking as social, physical, and mental “movement” for more than 20 years.  Utilizing live jazz as a backdrop, XAVIER’S: The Musician & The Mover ...

In celebration of Astor Piazzolla's 100th birthday, the Latin Grammy-winning Quinteto Astor Piazzolla pays tributes to the man who revolutionized tango music forever and remains one of the world’s most admired composers and musicians. To this day his towering compositions still transport...

French composer and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen creates fragile, evocative compositions filled with achingly beautiful melodies. Although he is perhaps best known for his music being used for the award-winning soundtrack for the film Amélie, that only scratches the surface of his...

The Hot Sardines effortlessly channels New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls to transform songs from past eras into pop music for the current century. Their raucous Holiday Stomp features timeless classics and original tunes performed by the eight-piece band.     ...