Arturo Sandoval at Blue Note Aug. 25-30. 8PM and 10:30PM. $54.99-$77.65 At 76, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is an almost legendary figure in Afro-Cuban music. Recently knighted by the Ki...

Pierre Bensusan – "Intuite" (Soundcheck Podcast) The French guitarist Pierre Bensusan was actually born in Algeria, and the sounds of North Africa have never been far from his music. ...

Angélique Kidjo / Cimafunk / DJ Freshy K at Central Park SummerStage  Aug. 23, 6PM. FREE. Born in Benin, West Africa, singer Angélique Kidjo divides her time between Paris and Brookly...

Jake Shimabukuro at Sony Hall Aug. 21. 7PM. $48.60+up In 2006, Jake Shimabukuro became one of YouTube’s first viral hits. And he didn’t know anything about it. Jake grew up in Hawaii ...

BODEGA, Native Sun at Elsewhere  Aug. 19, 7PM. $27.84 It’s hard to say exactly what Bodega is. A punk band, an art collective, a kind of running social commentary set to music – Bodeg...

TIME:SPANS Festival: Pamela Z at DiMenna Center for Classical Music  Aug. 18, 7:30PM. $12.51-$23.18 Pamela Z is a composer and vocalist – somehow “singer” doesn’t seem the right word ...

Dan Deacon – "Become a Mountain Suite" (Soundcheck Podcast) Dan Deacon established himself as a mad scientist of electronic music with his 2007 album Spiderman of the Rings and his wi...

New York Guitar Festival: The Messthetics With Marc Ribot at Bryant Park, Aug. 15 Aug. 15. 7PM. FREE The Messthetics is a punk-jazz trio consisting of improvising guitarist Anthony P...

Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque at New York Guitar Festival at Bryant Park Aug. 14. 7PM. FREE This year’s New York Guitar Festival takes over Bryant Park on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15. The li...