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  • Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp to Close Music Gallery Season

    Switzerland’s 14-person Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp will headline the final instalment of The Music Gallery’s 2021-22 season on June 26. Montreal oud performer Sam Shalabi is opening the evening. The group’s veneration of Duchamp combines “free jazz, minimalist krautrock, symphonic mixtures, post punk within the big band format,” according to a press release. Shalabi…

  • New York Guitar Festival Opens Jun. 14

    Bill Frisell, Vieux Farka Touré and Laraaji are among the headliners at the New York Guitar Festival’s first post-pandemic in-person festival. The event runs Jun. 14-17 at The Greene Space, a multimedia venue in Soho run by radio station WNYC. Here’s the four-night schedule: Jun. 14: Glenn Jones, Vieux Farka Touré Jun. 15: Fyan Riley,…

  • Bronx River Sounds Runs in June

    Quartets led by Ron Granger and Michael Sarian are among the acts scheduled at this month’s Bronx River Sounds Performing Arts Festival. The 19th annual event – dubbed Healing, Harmony and Rejuvenation – takes place at the Bronx River Art Center. The full lineup: June 4: Ron Granger Quartet and Michael Sarian Quartet. June 11:…

  • Tresor Announces Two-Month Long Festival

    Tresor 31: Techno, Berlin und die große Freiheit will feature more than 150 acts in July and August. Attendees can choose from a packed schedule featuring 20 club nights, eight concerts and an exhibition on “the past three decades of musical evolution, social change and development of not only Berlin but the international music scene.” Berlin’s…

  • The Music Gallery announces M. Joakim Show

    Lighting and projection designer Melissa Joakim will present “a synthesis of electronic sound and light” at The Music Gallery in Toronto on June 11. She is putting together a show featuring hardware-generated electronic music, designed to trigger the light show. Joakim is a member of the post-punk band Processor and ambient act No Colour Blue.…

  • 16th Annual Nordic Jazz Festival goes June 17-22 in Washington

    The DC Jazz Festival Artist in Residence Orrin Evans is planning a tribute to Sweden’s E.S.T. trio and the late Esbjorn Svensson. It’ll be featured at next month’s 16th Annual Nordic Jazz Festival in Washington. The event is a presentation of The DC Jazz Festival and the Nordic Embassies to the United States. Three concerts…