The experimental rock band Battles, now a duo, plays with a dizzying array of rhythms to make wildly colorful music. They play Tuesday night, Dec. 10, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Jon Batiste plays in Terence Blanchard’s program called Diaspora Songs, celebrating the influence of African music on American culture, on Fri., Dec. 6 at Carnegie Hall. 

Brooklyn-based supergroup Locobeach plays cumbia pop and latin disco with a psychedelic/spaghetti western edge. They play at Erv’s On Beekman, in Brooklyn, on Thursday, Dec. 5.

The Cuban-American trumpeter and bandleader Arturo Sandoval performs two sets every night, from Wednesday, Dec. 4 through Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Blue Note.  

Graham Reynolds' music for the wide open spaces of West Texas, including the stomping, twangy rocker called "Highway 67" is part of our Weekly Music Roundup.

Gaby Moreno plays with Latin Alternative quartet LADAMA and chamber orchestra Metropolis Ensemble on Mon., Dec. 2, at Merkin Hall as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival. 

The up and coming folk singer Bob Dylan is currently in residence at New York’s Beacon Theatre from Nov. 26-Dec. 6.

Jazz guitarist John Scofield and bassist/composer Dave Holland play as a duo, Nov. 26 - Dec. 1, with two sets every night at 8 and 10:30 pm at the Blue Note. 

MAKU Soundsystem is a New York-based dance band that combines the rhythms and singing of Afro-Colombian music with Western pop and dance music. They play Nov. 27 at The Sultan Room.