Rock the Winter with Live Music This Week in NYC

Green Day, pictured above at Global Citizen 2017, will perform a free concert at Irving Plaza on Thursday for Sirius XM contest winners

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to the New York City area. The twice-weekly guide also celebrates via photographs some of the musicians who have performed locally in the past few days.

Everynight Charley recommends the following 40+ concerts in New York City this week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Amy Helm headlined at le Poisson Rouge on January 13

Alison Brown at le Poisson Rouge on January 13

Jill Barber at le Poisson Rouge on January 13

Teddy Thompson at le Poisson Rouge on January 13

Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Day

• Rosanne Cash at City Winery NYC

• Esperanza Spalding, Brandee Younger, Irreversible Entanglements, the Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis at le Poisson Rouge

• Ms. Lisa Fischer & Take 6, Morgan James at Sony Hall

• The Andy's Ramble Bluegrass Band at the Triad Theater

• The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl

• Lavender Fields, Solid Goold, Apollo Flower Child, Venus Effekt at Berlin

• The Brian Charette Trio at the Wayland

• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

• Mona's Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's

• Open Blues Jam Mondays w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues

• Carl Banks at the Red Lion

Nefesh Mountain at le Poisson Rouge on January 13

Kaki King at the Perelman Performing Arts Center Lobby Stage on January 12

Marc Ribot at the Winter JazzFest at the Bowery Ballroom on January 13

Lenny Kaye at the Fox and Crow on June 12 (photograph by Charles David)

Tuesday, January 16

• Rosanne Cash at City Winery NYC

• Louie Vega w. Brian Jackson at the Blue Note

• Hess Is More at National Sawdust, Brooklyn

• William Matheny, Emily Frembgen at Mercury Lounge

• Alana Amram, Jairito y la Onda, Jeff Clarke, Amanda Khiri at Berlin

• Tamar Korn & Friends at Barbès

• Milo Z. at the Red Lion

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues

Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues on January 13

The Doc Bryan Band at Terra Blues on January 13

Mary-Elaine Jenkins at Rockwood Music Hall on January 12

Bonomo at Rockwood Music Hall on January 12

Wednesday, January 17

• Willie Nile, Paul Collins, John Easdale/Peter Wood (acoustic), James Maddock, Williams Honor, Danielia Cotton, Joe D'Urso, Anthony D'Amato, Adam Ezra at City Winery NYC

• Louie Vega w. Ms. Lisa Fischer at the Blue Note

• Hess Is More at National Sawdust, Brooklyn

• Buga, Diamond Grinder, Nathan Xander, Raising Daughters at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The Phil Gammage Quartet at Ethyl's Alcohol & Food

• Blowdryer Nouveau at Mercury Lounge

• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues

Jeff Slate & Friends performed a David Bowie 77th Birthday Bash at Hill Country Barbecue Market on January 12 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Vilray at Scratcher Bar on January 14

Jill Fiore at Two Bridges Luncheonette on January 12

Kelley Swindall at Two Bridges Luncheonette on January 12

Thursday, January 18

• Green Day at Irving Plaza

• The Charlatans (UK), Ride at Webster Hall

• Magic City Hippies, the Palms, Josh Fudge at the Brooklyn Bowl

• MonoNeon and Friends, Knower, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Hannibal Buress, Tivon Pennicott, David Fiuczynski at Brooklyn Steel

• John Vincent III at the Bowery Ballroom

• Samara Joy at the Blue Note

• Poison the Well, LaMacchia at Saint Vitus Bar

• Miss Teen America, Moxie Pocket, Locations, TV Moms at TV Eye

• Apollo Flowerchild, Roseblud, Norah's World, Farrah Hanna at Purgatory

• Work Wife, aden at Down & Out

• The Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar

• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. David "Doc" French & Junior Mack at Terra Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Brooke Moriber's Nashville in New York at the Bitter End on January 13

John Cruz at the Bitter End on January 13

Kolker at the Bitter End on January 13

Coco & the Tape Decks at the Red Lion on January 13

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The Manhattan Beat reports on New York City's live music circuit. All articles are written by Everynight Charley Crespo. All photographs are taken 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 The Manhattan Beat home page and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music."

For a more complete listing of upcoming performances in the New York City area, visit The Manhattan Beat's January calendar.