Bergamot Quartet is a group championing the music of living composers, especially music by women. Hardanger fiddle player Dan Trueman joins the quartet at Roulette on June 6.

English guitarist/songwriter Fenne Lily explores her ever-changing view of love, brightly framing doubt, closeness, and responsibility. She plays Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 2.

Hear new music from Curtis Stewart, the Grammy-nominated Jazz, Hip Hop and New Music violinist, composer, and Artistic Director of the ACO, at Kaufman Music Center on June 1. 

Arthur Moon is the moniker of composer/singer Lora-Faye Åshuvud, "an artist bent of upending your expectations of what a pop song should sound like". They play Public Records on May 31.

Bayonne is the stage name used by Roger Sellers, who is not from Bayonne, NJ but from Texas. The new song by Bayonne, “Must Be True,” is part of our Weekly Music Roundup. 

The Hot Sardines started out in Brooklyn neo-speakeasies playing hot jazz looking back to when live music was king, charming 21st-century audiences. They play May 30-31 at Joe's Pub.

The Grammy-winning band Los Van Van is credited with starting the dance music styles known as timba and songo. They bring their Cuban dance band sounds to Lehman Center on May 26. 

Moroccan award-winning singer/composer/producer Malika Zarra blends American soul with tricky North African rhythms and jazz-inflected melodies. She performs at Joe's Pub on May 26.

The Jazz Passengers, a playful 8-piece band, emerged from the so-called “third-stream” jazz of the 1980s, mixing rock and world music in the stew. They play at Ki Smith Gallery May 24.