Terrific Live Music for Mid-January in NYC

Amy Helm, pictured above at the John Henry's Friends benefit concert at Town Hall on December 3, will headline at le Poisson Rouge this Saturday

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 50+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Dominique Fils-Aimé at le Poisson Rouge on January 11

Bodega headlined at TV Eye on January 10

Big Bliss at TV Eye on January 10

Friday, January 12

• Tool, Elder at Madison Square Garden

• Rick Springfield (acoustic), Richard Marx (acoustic) at the St. George Theatre, Staten Island

• Plaid, Maude Vôs at Brooklyn Made

• Cheat Codes, Matoma at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner

• Wild Child (duo), John Calvin Abney at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• The Jazz Passengers, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Marc Ribot and Mary Halvorson, Marc Ribot New Trio w. James Brandon Lewis at the Bowery Ballroom

• Craig Taborn, Ches Smith & Tomeka Reid, the Harvest Time Project, the Karl Denson Project, the Tyshawn Sorey Piano Trio, Samora Pinderhughes, the Brandee Younger Trio, Next Jazz Legacy at le Poisson Rouge

• Sarah Borges and Eric Ambel, the Emily Duff Band at Main Drag Music

• Eli Paperboy Reed, the Harlem Gospel Travelers at Brooklyn Bowl

• Sheer Terror, Wisdom In Chains, the Top Shotta Band at the Meadows

• Albert Lee at the Iridium

• Meshell Ndegeocello at the Blue Note

• The Tuvergen Band at the David Rubenstein Atrium

• Dither, Lee Ranaldo at Public Records

• Matt Butler at the Gibson Suite at the New York Hilton Midtown

• Making Movies, the Sensational Barnes Brothers, los Texmaniacs, AMERI'KANA All-Stars at Joe's Pub

• Space Fight, Fruitbodies at Tierney's Tavern

• The Brother Brothers, Nora Brown w. Stephanie Coleman, Jax Hollow at Cafe Wha?

• Mary-Elaine Jenkins at Rockwood Music Hall

• Jeff Slate & Friends at Hill Country NYC

• Jill Fiore, Kelley Swindall at Two Bridges Luncheonette

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

The Cody Melville Band at the Loft at City Winery on January 8

Heather Eatman at the Loft at City Winery on January 8

The Oz Noy Jazz Quartet at the Bitter End on January 11

Olivia K & the Parkers at the David Rubenstein Atrium on January 11

Saturday, January 13

• Tool, Elder at Madison Square Garden

• Buffalo Tom at the Bowery Ballroom

• Nate Smith, Dylan Schneider at Irving Plaza

• berlioz at Warsaw

• Amy Helm, Alison Brown, Jill Barber, Teddy Thompson, Nefesh Mountain at le Poisson Rouge

• Jharis Yokley and Big Yuki, Project Logic, Ghost-Note, Allysha Joy, Mamas Gun, Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber at the Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn

• Albert Lee at the Iridium

• BoDeans at City Winery NYC

• The Coffin Daggers, Wiped Out, the Dracu-Las at the Meadows

• Tre Burt at Sleepwalk

• Meshell Ndegeocello at the Blue Note

• Bitch, Kaia Kater at Joe's Pub

• Scotch Mist, Social Creatures, the Upsides at Elsewhere Zone One

• Live Skull, Martin Bisi, Dead Waves, Body Stuff at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Hervé Coeur at the Perelman Performing Arts Center Lobby Stage

• FRÄNDER, Tarabband at Scandinavia House

• The Brother Brothers, Nora Brown w. Stephanie Coleman, Jax Hollow at Cafe Wha?

• Steve Rondo, Copilot at Mercury Lounge

• Matt Butler at the Gibson Suite at the New York Hilton Midtown

• Kolker at the Bitter End

• Flash Cooney & the Deans of Discipline, the Last Throes at Berlin

• Senioritis, Ross Byron, Stephanie Marie at Two Bridges Luncheonette

• Bill Popp and the Tapes at the Shrine World Music Venue

• Spaghetti Eastern Music 3 at Silvana

• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues

• The Doc Bryan Band at Terra Blues

The T Blues Band featuring Kelton Cooper (left) and Noe Socha (right) at Terra Blues on January 11

The Phil Gammage Quartet at the 11th St. Bar on January 11

OK, Tyler at Heaven Can Wait on January 11

Burn the Rain at the Delancey on January 11 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Sunday, January 14

• Thandiswa Mazwai, Karsh Kale, Yasser Tejeda, Bia Ferreira, Tarta Relena, Lonnie Holley, Bab L’ Bluz, the Villalobos Brothers, el Laberinto del Coco, Balaklava Blues at David Geffen Hall

• Story of the Year, We the Kings, Youth Fountain at Palladium Times Square

• MAVI, Valee, Lexa Gates, Sideshow, Niontay, Annabelle Kline, Teds Budz at Irving Plaza

• Cherry Poppin' Daddies at the Iridium

• Meshell Ndegeocello at the Blue Note

• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbès

• Sirintip, Kaki King, Pipo Romero at Joe's Pub

• Pedrito Martinez at Drom

• Jenna Nichols, Vilray at Scratcher

• Sunday School w. Binky Griptite at the Bitter End

• The Tess Trio at Book Club

• Michael T. and the Vanities, the Hound Dogs at the Bowery Electric

• Bill Popp, Judy Ann Nock, Artie & Kathy Lamonica at Two Bridges Luncheonette

• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Fandango NYC at Rockwood Music Hall on September 6 (photograph by James Adams)

Cassie Nadeau & the Soulsationz at Rockwood Music Hall on January 8

Spaghetti Eastern Music at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on January 7

Candy Shop at the Red Lion on January 11

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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.