Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics in music by Las Rubias Del Norte on May 1 at Barbès.

Bang On A Can's annual Long Play Festival runs from April 29-May 3. New Sounds Live Presents Bang On A Can All-Stars doing Philip Glass’s album Glassworks at Roulette on May 3. 

British rapper Dave plays two nights at Brooklyn Paramount on April 30-May 1 on his "The Boy Who Played The Harp" tour.

The self-dubbed "goth jazz princess" Niia is something of a provocateur, with her sensual music "living in the tension between control and collapse". Niia and her band play in-studio.

Alisa Weilerstein is a virtuoso cellist, and a winner of the MacArthur Fellowship. She plays some of her series, "Fragments", which pairs music of our time with J.S. Bach, in-studio.

Singer-songwriter Pearla writes strange but lovely songs; seeing the world in all its beauty and weirdness, and using music to make sense of it. She plays them at Purgatory on April 24.

Brooklyn band Red Baraat's influences are rooted in Punjabi wedding music, jazzy horns, funky bass, and vocals that draw on rap and Indian pop. They play on April 23 at Barbès.

All-male choir Chanticleer gives Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame a long overdue East Coast premiere at Trinity Church this week. See them live on Wednesday night, April 22.

Guitarist Mary Halvorson is always up for an adventure and Canis Major is her brand new quartet. They’re playing on Tuesday night, April 21, at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz At Lincoln Center.