Monika Fabian

Alt-folk singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke and guest musician Dar Williams pay a tribute to Woody Guthrie at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Wednesday night. Download Brooke's duet with Keb’...

Flutist Claire Chase previews works from her new album, Terrestre, at Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday night. Download the piece "Terrestre: I. L'oiseau dansant." 

French indie-folk duo Herman Dune plays Joe's Pub tonight. Download the outfit's witty single "Tell Me Something I Don't Know."

Jersey indie rockers Real Estate perform with Girls and King Krule at Terminal 5 on Saturday. Download the outfit's catchy love song "It's Real."

Soul jazz singer Gregory Porter holds court at Smoke every Thursday night. Download his fiery tune "1960 What?" here.

Portuguese electronic dance outfit Buraka Som Sistema performs at Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday night. Download the group's infectious single "Burakaton" here. 

Southern indie-pop quintet Jane Jane Pollock performs with Royal Baths at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night. Download their sun-soaked tune "Of Holy Colors" here. 

Brooklyn-based psychedelic cumbia band Chicha Libre performs at Barbes on Monday night. Download the outfit's song "Primavera en la Selva," an Amazonian reimagination of Vivaldi's "Spring," here.

The ninth annual international music celebration globalFEST hits Webster Hall on Sunday night. Download the soulful tune "Mwen Bouke" by Haitian crooner BélO here. 

Louisiana indie-pop quintet Givers performs with Yellow Ostrich at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday night. Download the band's infectious single "Up Up Up" here. 

Indie-pop outfit Elizabeth and The Catapult brings its kaleidoscopic melodies to Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night. Download the group's wistful single "Thank You For Nothing" here. 

Celebrated trumpeter Jimmy Owens kicks off a week-long residency at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club-Cola on Tuesday night. Download his blues-inspired arrangement of the Monk standard "Epistrophy" here. 

Veteran musician Walter Parks brings his smoky Americana rock to Rockwood Music Hall on Monday night. Download his wistful single "So Bad So Good" here. 

Chicano rock vets Los Lobos ring in 2012 at City Winery on Saturday night. Download the quintet's bluesy single "Tin Can Trust" here.  

Sebastián Cruz and the Cheap Landscape Trio brings its energetic and imaginative Colombia-meets-NYC inspired jazz to Cornelia Street Cafe. Download its carnivalesque number "Paradis Quarter" here. 

New York-based singer-songwriter Alfonso brings his Dylan and Simon-inspired folk rock to Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night. Download his gentle track "Yer Blue Hair" here. 

World music jazz quartet Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits performs at the Sixth Street Synagogue's Nittle Nacht (Xmas Eve) Radical Jewish Culture Blow Out Benefit on Saturday ni...

Mexican flamenco-pop chanteuse Nuriya performs her eclectic blend of Middle Eastern and Latin rhythms at Le Poisson Rouge tonight. Download her sultry, lovelorn song "Ya Vete" here. 

Queens dream-pop duo For Every Story Untold performs at Mercury Lounge on Monday night. Download the group's airy lead single "Hideout" here. 

The Paul Winter Consort performs the 32nd Annual Winter Solstice Celebration at St. John The Divine on Friday and Saturday nights. Download the instrumental ensemble's jovial "Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day" here.