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Isolation and the disappearance of live music changed the All Songs Considered host's listening habits drastically in 2020. These albums offered not just calm, but richness and depth to explore.

In a huge comeback, Nathan Chen spun around four times in the air during six jumps on the second and final day of the men's singles figure skating competition.

As we count down to the new year, we asked our readers what they thought were the top political stories of 2021. Here's what they picked.

Beloved Brooklyn venue Barbès returns to presenting live music after NYC’s COVID-19 pause with a brand new livestream series. Télé-Barbès is broadcast live from Barbès legendary backroom, several nights a week.

“Live is dead but we’re trying our best to clone it,” says Barbès owner Olivier Conan. “For the past 18 years, against all reasonable odds, we have managed to present close to 1,000 shows a year. For the past three and half months, Barbès has been silent, but we’re doing our very best to adapt and not become a casualty.

“We’re trying to recreate the live experience as much as possible - with quality sound, and cameras that don’t imitate parking garage surveillance cameras. We find the experience uplifting, because it is the closest to live music we’ve come to in months.

“Our livestreams are under an hour, generally streamed at 6.00 pm. They favor listening music rather that party music, for obvious reasons. We’re minimizing the use of horns or multiple vocals: So no choirs, no brass bands, no opera. No very large bands - that means no Slavic Soul Party, no Bulla en el Barrio or some of the other extraordinary bands who have come to define our space.”

Still, many old favorites -- including Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet, Stephane Wrembel Trio, and The Crooked Trio -- have already returned for the Télé-Barbès series, with more to come; taking Barbès back to its roots as an incubator of original Brooklyn music and talent.

For the full schedule of Télé-Barbès upcoming performances, and to watch them live, check the Barbès website: https://www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Every performances is archived at the above address, and on Youtube, as well. All performances are free to watch, but a tip-jar link is included for donations to pay the musicians.

In addition to the Télé-Barbès series, last August's successful Barbès In The Woods event will also return, in a slightly-tweaked livestream format for 2020. Tune in on Saturday, August 8th for House Parties for Barbès, a very special Zoom party to keep spirits high and keep the lights on at the iconic Brooklyn bar. Featuring DJ sets from Nickodemus and Eric Banta from Names You Can Trust and performances from Son Rompe Pera and Underground System.

Tickets include Dinner, Honoree Gift & Open Bar (6:30 PM - 8 PM) Dr. Carter community base attorney. Specializing in Preventative Law. Dr. Carter’s professional memberships include the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey (serving previously as VP & North Jersey Representative.) Currently, she serves as Co-Chair of the Social Justice Committee, Garden State Bar Association; New Jersey State Bar Association, the American Association of Paralegals (AAFPE), American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Paralegals; recently appointed to New Jersey State Bar Associations’ (NJSBA) Commission on Equity and Race. Linda recently completed the review and penned the introduction to the “Reimagining Public Safety”: Newark 1967, a report funded by former President Barak Obama’s Foundation. Dr. Carter will be launching a Non-Profit to continue her work. The future Dr. Linda McDonald Carter Esq, Roots Foundation will provide community support and resources. This foundation’s vision is to serve as a root for building equity to disrupt current systematic inequities across a multitude of platforms that will be carried on by the community we serve. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reimagining-professor-carter-30-tickets-193014500567?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Restart Stages at Lincoln Center presents Continuum at Jaffe Drive from August 16-20, 2021 at 7:00pm at The Isabel and Peter Malkin Stage at Hearst Plaza W 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10023. Continuum at Lincoln Center is sponsored by Mrs. Veronica Atkins. https://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/continuum-at-jaffe-drive-653. Slip into an unexpected musical hideout when violinist Nick Kendall, artist in residence and curator of Continuum, unveils his four shows in the underground Jaffe Drive at Lincoln Center. Kendall's informal and spontaneous collaborations create emotional and personal connections between artists and audience, a shared path of musical discovery. Surprise programming will become a musical playground for the highest caliber artists, where super music lovers and fans can experience something unique and new. WITH FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY: August 16 - Steve Hackman featuring India Carney and musicians from the New York Philharmonic: Quan Ge, violin; Qianqian Li, violin; Cong Wu, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello August 17 - Michael Thurber featuring Jon Lampley, Amber Iman and Mark Dover August 19 - Becca Stevens and Nathan Schram August 20 - Time for Three Seats for the performance are available via the TodayTix Lottery. Enter for a chance to win a FREE pod (two seats) starting two weeks before the show. Entries close three days before a performance at 12:59 pm ET. Enter the Lottery through the TodayTix app: https://www.todaytix.com/nyc/shows/23562. Please visit https://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/dark-disabled-stories-532 for important ticketing and COVID-19 health and safety information: If you have any questions about this performance or the TodayTix Lottery, please contact Guest Services at 212-875-5456 or guestservices@lincolncenter.org (Monday–Friday, 10 am–6 pm ET).

Rome Neal Banana Puddin' Jazz 18th Anniversary Celebration Co-Chaired by Multi-EMMY award winner Ron Cephas Jones and TONY/EMMY award winner LaChanze Hosted by Rome Neal With musical performances by John di Martino, J.F. Seary, Yoshi Waki, Lonnie Plaxico, Nick Scheuble, Patience Higgins, Frank Senior, Andre Chez Lewis, Leonieke Scheuble, Mimi Block, and others... Back at the historic NUYORICAN POETS CAFE 236 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10009 RSVP ONLY: romeneal25@gmail.com (FREE, However because of limited seating all entering the Nuyorican on the day of the event must RSVP and have proof of a negative Covid Test 48 hours prior to time of the event) Sunday, August 22, 2021 6:00 PM est Also FREE Virtually Live Streamed! Youtube and FB LIVE!Please note: RSVP tickets are required ONLY for the live show in the Nuyorican Poets Cafe: romeneal25@gmail.com This event is FREE and also streaming LIVE YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRxWA2DH_XIFB Live Links: https://www.facebook.com/...//www.facebook.com/rome.neal.1 www.romeneal.com Contributions accepted:venmo: rome-neal-2 or PayPal: romekyn@earthlink.net Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz events are STREAMED LIVE! YOUTUBE & FB "FREE" SPONSORS:Ron Cephas Jones, Jazz Foundation of America, John D. Smith, Lamon Fenner, Chris Bryan, Barbara Flowers, Sheryl Renee Productions, Laurence Holder, George Turner, Steve Burnett, Black Theatre Project (Documentary) Harry Karsten c/o Black Repertory Group (Berk) *This program is also made possible by the New York City Artist Corps.*

INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER PARTY, CELEBRATING 60 YEARS (Hamilton NJ) – To celebrate 60 years of supporting the sculpture community, the International Sculpture Center (ISC) will host the 60th Party on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at Gardenship (Kearny, NJ) from 12:00-6:00 pm. Event tickets include exhibitions, demonstrations, hands on bamboo build, iron pour, studio tours, live music, marketplace, and free food truck meals. Free on-site parking and shuttle service from PATH station are available. The Student Award Exhibition features six artists from ISC’s 2020 and 2021 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards Program: John Halligan, Anna Kruse, Ramone Lampos, Michael Thron, Kirstin Willders and Heidi Zenisek. On view beneath the majestic chandelier, the ISC presents littleSCULPTURE Show & Art Sale. A showcase of ISC professional members’ works measuring 8x8x8 inches or less. All work will be available for sale. Myth Makers, Donna Dodson & Andy Moerlein and internationally known Bamboo Design and Construction Consultant Vinc Math will demonstrate how to design, improvise and build using bamboo. Attendees will participate in a bamboo community build on site and get a "Behind the Scenes" look at the latest bamboo sculptures that will be placed at The Dawes Arboretum (Newark, OH). Gardenship hosts 20 studios with a wide range of artists specializing in all kinds of creative art-making. Guided tours of the on-site residents studios are scheduled throughout the day. The event culminates with the hottest event of the day, the Gardenship Iron Pour. Event tickets available for purchase: https://sculpture.org/event/60event. To learn about custom event sponsorship packages contact advertisingassociate@sculpture.org.

Tommy Lepson, keys, vocals John Previti, bass John Thomakos, drums Bruce Swaim,tenor sax Dave Chappell, guitar Dave Chappell, a Washington, DC native, is one of the most sought after and respected musicians in the area. For the last several years, he has won the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMMIES) for 'Musician of the Year', 'Rock Instrumentalist of the Year', and 'Roots Rock Instrumentalist of the Year'. He has performed with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legends Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Moore of Sam & Dave, Percy Sledge, Johnny Johnson, and guitar wizard, Danny Gatton. He can be heard frequently at area clubs such as JV's Restaurant, State Theater, the Birchmere, Bethesda Blues and Jazz, The Music Cafe and Picadilly's Pub - performing with DC area favorites Tommy Lepson and Bruce Swaim. And from time to time, Johnny Neel from the Allman Brother's Band and Gov't Mule. The Washington Post calls Dave a "guitar whiz"... and in an article about the Washington Area Music Awards "The awards came so fast and furious for Chappell, he didn't even know he'd won five until somebody asked him if he was taking the rest of the year off to celebrate his haul. Showtime is 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/14 pm PT/11 pm GMT A limited number of in-person seats are available for $20 each. Please email henry@andiemusik.com for stipulations. Streaming cost is $10 Donations are welcomed. The link will be revealed to you 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through June 3

The pianist-accordionist-composer Simone Baron will lead an all-star quartet in a concert of original creative music that draws freely and spontaneously from languages of jazz, avant-garde polyhedric compositions, film scores, and anything in between. A “bandleader of impressive agility... a blossoming talent and inventive composer on the rise” (Downbeat Magazine), Simone Baron’s genre-fluid work is rooted in exploring the creative process. Steeped in her Judeo-Roman roots, she has performed across Europe, Israel and the Americas. She has held residencies at the Banff Centre, the Hambidge Center, Dee Dee Bridgewater's Woodshed Network, NextLOOK (UMD), Avaloch Farm, Spectrum Toronto and won grants from DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Maryland State Arts Council and Chamber Music America. In 2016 she founded Arco Belo, a genre-fluid chamber jazz ensemble she composes, arranges for and leads, and has recently released a critically acclaimed debut album, The Space Between Disguises. Committed to building a more inclusive musical community, she serves as the curation director for the Boulanger Initiative, a DC-based non-profit advocacy group that fights gender discrimination in concert programming. simonebaron.bandcamp.com Showtime is 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/11 pm GMT A limited number of in-person seats are available for $20 each. Please email henry@andiemusik.com for stipulations. Streaming cost is $10 Donations are welcomed. The link will be revealed to you 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through June 8.