This Week's Live Music for Live Audiences

Mother Mother headlined at Irving Plaza on February 2

In the first week of February, Kacey Musgraves, King Princess, Muna, Eddie Vedder & the Earthlings, Mother Mother, Dillon Francis & Yung Gravy, Fireboy DML, the Wood Brothers, Still Woozy, D Smoke and other touring musicians played New York's larger venues. Meanwhile, dozens of equally talented yet less famous musicians have been drawing concert lovers to smaller clubs, bars and restaurants since the beginning of 2022. Live music is back!

Live music lovers can discover brilliant new sounds this week in and around New York City. In most cases, these performances can be enjoyed in small locations with dinner or large venues with adult beverages. 

Nevertheless, several factors including COVID concerns and weather conditions still cause schedule changes, often with little time to advise ticket holders, much less the general public. The following shows were scheduled for this week and have been postponed.

• Boyz II Men, Keyshia Cole, El DeBarge, Musiq Soulchild, Tank, Ginuwine, Avant, Dru Hill, Big Daddy Kane, Funk Flex at Barclays Center, Brooklyn
• The Warning at the Gramercy Theatre
• Darlingside, the Ballroom Thieves at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Ian Sweet at Baby's All Right, Brooklyn
• Duke Robillard at the Iridium

Dylyn at Irving Plaza on February 2

The Manhattan Beat recommends the following live music this week. All locations are in Manhattan unless otherwise stated. Contact the venue for show times, ticket availability, COVID compliance and other updates.

Monday, February 7

• Washed Out, Brijean at Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn
• Sevyn Streeter at the Gramercy Theatre
• Michael Dawes, Guitaro 5000 at the Loft at City Winery
• Country City at the Anyway Café
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Chris Snell's Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

Bobby Rush at the Blue Note on January 17 (photograph courtesy of the Blue Note)

Tuesday, February 8

• Killswitch Engage, August Burns Red, Light the Torch at Terminal 5
• NMB-The Neal Morse Band at Sony Hall
• Cate Le Bon, Mega Bog at the Bowery Ballroom
• The John Pizzarelli Trio at Birdland Jazz Club
• The Gunn/Truscinski Duo, Bill Nace at Union Pool, Brooklyn
• Kendra Morris, Miranda and the Beat at Mercury Lounge
• Audrey Nuna at Baby's All Right, Brooklyn
• Jackson Scott at the Anyway Café

DJ Logic (center) and Friends at the Blue Note on January 6 (photograph courtesy of the Blue Note)

Wednesday, February 9

• David Byrne's American Utopia at the St. James Theatre
• Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Larry Fleet at Madison Square Garden
• Cate Le Bon, Mega Bog at the Bowery Ballroom
• Cattle Decapitation, the Last Ten Seconds of Life, Creeping Death, Extinction A.D. at le Poisson Rouge
• John Pizzarelli Trio at Birdland Jazz Club
• Lizzie Edwards, Emily Duff, Joey Kelly All-Stars, Mark Bosch, Puma Perl, Chris Berardo, John Colonna, Troy Weekes, Gass Wild, Chris Parker at the Loft at City Winery
• Squirrel Flower, Mia Joy at Mercury Lounge
• Sanford at the Anyway Café
• The Brothers Yee at the 11th St. Bar
• Deep C Revival at the Red Lion

Mike LeDonne (on organ) at the Cellar Dog on February 3

Thursday, February 10

• David Byrne's American Utopia at the St. James Theatre
• Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Larry Fleet at Madison Square Garden
• Ghost, Volbeat, Twin Temple at Prudential Center, Newark
• Waxahatchee, Madi Diaz at Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn
• Remi Wolf, Grace Ives at Webster Hall
• Metronomy, Hannah Jadagu at the Bowery Ballroom
• Drew & Ellie Holcomb at le Poisson Rouge
• Kevin Griffin at City Winery NYC
• The Greeting Committee, the Brazen Youth at  Elsewhere Hall, Brooklyn
• Bettye LaVette at the Blue Note
• John Pizzarelli Trio at Birdland Jazz Club
• Pedrito Martinez at drom
• Oz Noy-Jon Herington Band at the Bitter End
• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at Anyway Café
• P.J. Lamariana at the 11th St. Bar
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The T-Blues Band at Terra Blues
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

The Wednesday Night Jam at Otto's Shrunken Head on February 2

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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 of the home page 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 February calendar.