Heems, the Queens-raised rapper and co-founder of Das Racist and Swet Shop Boys, raps all the words with enthusiasm and sings them with all the feelings on Jan. 31 at Baby's All Right. 

Dámaris blends contemporary folk-pop and campirano, the regional sound of western Sonora in songs from her 2025 album Folkpirana at Lincoln Center’s David Rubinstein Atrium on Jan. 29. 

Souren Baronian and members of his Taksim Middle East Ensemble present a melange of jazz, Balkan, and Middle Eastern musical idioms live in action at DROM on Jan. 28.

Multifaceted pianists Timo Andres and Aaron Diehl explore themes of American art and musical language in a duo recital at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall on Jan. 28.

The versatile quartet Sō Percussion has redefined the scope and role of the modern percussion ensemble in 21st-century music. They play at Zankel Hall on Jan. 23.

No-No Boy, the project of musician and scholar Julian Saporiti, blends folk songs, sound art, and storytelling in his work. He plays a free show at David Rubenstein Atrium on Jan. 22.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Minneapolis-based hip hop duo known as Atmosphere. They play at Brooklyn Steel on Jan .22

The singer and songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche comes to City Vineyard on Jan. 20-21, armed with a guitar, a deadpan sense of humor, killer songs, and a voice that makes tough guys cry.

The Iraqi American oud master Rahim AlHaj plays a solo set from the 2025 New York Guitar Festival, and with South African guitarist Derek Gripper recorded at Kaufman Music Center.