New York City's Current Buzz Bands

Live music is back, gigs are being booked, and an eager audience is supporting the fearless musicians who are performing before live audiences. Here are 20 under-the-radar artists in bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, rock and world music that rocked the downtown Manhattan music circuit in the last days of October. Our tour begins and ends with buskers in Tompkins Square Park.

Robert Leslie at Tompkins Square Park on October 21

Beechwood at the Bowery Electric on October 21

Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at the Anyway Café on October 21

Ryan Martin at the Bowery Electric on October 22

Steven Chelliah at Sour Mouse NYC on October 22

Bayaz at the Bowery Electric on October 22

Dream Prescription at the Bowery Electric on October 22

The Ritualists at the Bowery Electric on October 22

Zachery Allan Starkey at the Bowery Electric on October 22

Rob Mastrianni at the Anyway Café on October 24

The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar on October 24

Barynya at the Anyway Café on October 27

New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues on October 28

Amadou Gaye at Groove on October 28

Grant Stewart at the Cellar Dog on October 28 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Nitetrain at the Bitter End on October 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Mumu at the Bitter End on October 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Kolker at the Bitter End on October 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The TarantinosNYC at Otto's Shrunken Head on October 30

Charlie the Guitar Player at Tompkins Square Park on October 31

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music developments as they happen. All photographs are by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise. For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music." For a listing of upcoming concerts for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's November 2021 calendar.