The city that produced bands like the Strokes, the Velvet Underground, the Ramones, Bob Dylan, and many others, is still the best place to discover new music. You’ll find all kinds of bars, jazz bars, clubs, basements and underground spaces where you can enjoy American-style music.
Birdland is one of New York’s favorite jazz clubs. It is dedicated to Charlie Parker, a famous jazz musician commonly known as Bird. Located on West 44th Street, this place especially has great soul jazz. With simple décor, they serve typical southern food. Music greats such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis have performed here. All in all it’s a great place for jazz music.
Located near Washington Square Park, the Bottom Line club has always attracted great folk rock bands, singers and instrumentalists who play everything from classical to contemporary experimental music. The club has an intimate and cozy atmosphere, an impressive sound system and they also host comedian nights. Over the years, Bruce Springsteen, Marshall Crenshaw, Buster Poindexter and many other famous artists have passed through here.
The Cafe Wha is one of the best places to hear live music in New York. With a varied program of musicians and singers from all over the world, it keeps the audience dancing seven nights a week. The cafe also offers food and a variety of exotic drinks. At Bar Musical, located in Greenwich Village, the likes of Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix or Bill Cosby have passed through.
Opened in 1965, Kenny’s Castaways immediately became a favorite of bands like the New York Dolls, Blondie, Kiss, Aerosmith, The Roaches and Patti Smith. Much has changed in forty years, but one thing remains the same, Kenny’s Castaways is still hosting the best young talent in the city and it continues to maintain its line-up of rock and blues, great singers and styles, alternative music and R & B.
SOB’s, also known as Sounds of Brazil, is a live music venue in lower Manhattan, in the neighborhood of SoHo. This venue presents music from around the world. Here you can dance to all types of music, including reggae, hip-hop, R & B, and jazz, while Mondays feature salsa. There’s even a night devoted to the now famous dance from South Asia called the “Basement Bhangra”. In short, SOB’s in New York welcomes diversity and is a quality place to get your groove on.
Prohibition is an upscale bar-restaurant where you can have an intimate dinner or meet with friends to hang out and listen to live music. It offers an eclectic and sophisticated menu. The interior, which invokes the glamour and romance of the “prohibition” period of the twenties and thirties, helps create a great atmosphere. All this has made Prohibition a favorite hang-out on the Upper West Side.
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