NYC Is Alive with Music

Falling in Reverse at the Hammerstein Ballroom on January 22 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Good music is being performed nightly in dozens of venues in New York City. Local music venue operators are making every effort to book musicians. The smaller clubs, which typically focus on booking local talent, are more active than the larger venues. For the most part, local musicians are keeping their commitments. Touring bands are more likely to postpone or cancel their engagements, however, as travel presents more risk of COVID exposure.

If you were planning on attending any of the following concerts this week, make other plans. These shows are not happening.

• Best Coast, Rosie Tucker at Brooklyn Steel
• Daughters, Psychic Graveyard at le Poisson Rouge
• Genesis Owusu, Pachyman at the Bowery Ballroom
• Indigo De Souza, Horse Jumper of Love, Friendship at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• James McMurtry at Brooklyn Made
• Lost Dog Street Band at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Ed Palermo Big Band at the Iridium
• Matthew E. White, Benet at Mercury Lounge
• Handsome Dick Manitoba's Universe at the Bowery Electric
• Bobby Bryan and the T Blues Band at Terra Blues

Anderson East at Webster Hall on January 21

Bendigo Fletcher at Webster Hall on January 21

This Week's Live Music

At press time, the following concerts are among the many that are still scheduled to happen. All events are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Contacr the venue for set times, COVID compliance and other updates.

Monday, January 24

• Emily Duff at Cowgirl (6:30 p.m.)
• Wale, Guapdad 4000, Cam Wallace at Webster Hall
• Griff at the Bowery Ballroom
• Talib Kweli w. Bob James & Slick Rick at the Blue Note (8 & 10:30 p.m.)
• Mike Stern at the 55 Bar
• The Jim Campilongo Quartet at Rockwood, Stage 2
• Low Roller at Skinny Dennis, Brooklyn
• Chris Snell's Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• Jacob Kirschenbaum at the Anyway Café
• Richie Cannata's Monday Jam at the Bitter End (10 pm)
• The Jason Green Trio at the Ear Inn (10 p.m.)
• Eli Bridges at the Red Lion (1 a.m.)

Tuesday, January 25

• The Wombats, Clubhouse at Terminal 5
• Sheila E & the E-Train at City Winery NYC
• Jake Scott, Josie Dunne at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Russell Dickerson at Irving Plaza
• The Bob James Trio the Blue Note (8 & 10 p.m.)
• The East River Bandits, Shelto Marx at the 11th St. Bar
• Mona's Hot Five at Mona's
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues (7 p.m.)
• Jackson Scott at the Anyway Café

An open mic and jam happens every Wednesday at Otto's Shrunken Head (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Wednesday, January 26

• Xaxa at Baby Brasa (6:30 p.m.)
• David Byrne's American Utopia at St. James Theatre
• Thursday, Cursive, Jeremy Enigk, the Appleseed Cast at Irving Plaza
• Del Water Gap, Taylor Janzen at Webster Hall
• Griff at the Bowery Ballroom
• Sheila E & the E-Train at City Winery NYC
• Jake Xerxes Fussell, Allegra Krieger at the Knitting Factory, Brooklyn
• Bright Light Bright Light at Rockwood Music Hall 2
• The Bob James Trio the Blue Note (8 & 10 p.m.)
• Mike Stern at the 55 Bar
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues (7 p.m.)
• Barynya at the Anyway Cafe
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues (10 p.m.)
• Mulebone at the Ear Inn (10 p.m.)

Thursday, January 27

• Amy Prince at the Anyway Café (6 p.m.)
• SAFER, Super City, Colatura at Mercury Lounge (6:30 p.m.)
• Hugh Pool at the 55 Bar (6:30 p.m.)
• David Byrne's American Utopia at St. James Theatre
• Third Eye Blind at Irving Plaza
• Two Friends, Ship Wrek, Laszewo at Terminal 5
• G. Love & the Juice, Ron Artis II at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Wolves in the Throne Room, Full of Hell, UADA at Warsaw, Brooklyn
• Jesse Malin, the Silk War at le Poisson Rouge
• Donna the Buffalo at City Winery NYC
• The Bob James Trio the Blue Note (8 & 10 p.m.)
• Eddie 9V at City Vineyard
• Nevva, May Rio, UV-TV, Blonder at Brooklyn Made
• Oz Noy Quartet at the 55 Bar (9:30 p.m.)
• Cody Melville, Joey Kelly's All Stars at the Loft at City Winery
• Stew Cutler at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Contemporary Adults at the Anyway Café (8 p.m.)
• Chris Campion at the 11th St. Bar
• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues (7 p.m.)
• Spike Polite & Sewage NYC at Otto's Shrunken Head (10 p.m.)
• Bone Daddy & the Hoochies at Terra Blues (10 p.m.)
• Grace Bergere at Rockwood Music Hall 3 (11 p.m.)
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion (1 a.m.)

Jonathan Kalb (left) at the Stitch Bar & Blues on January 21 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music developments as they happen. All photographs are by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise. For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music." For a listing of upcoming concerts for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's January 2022 calendar.