Mauro Picotto is one of the original superstar house DJs. Boogie with the best when he brings his international club party Meganite to B1Maximum on Feb. 28. Read full story
Because on Feb. 6 Bob Marley would have been 64 years old, Max Romeo and Jah Shaka will be at B1Maximum to celebrate the great reggae star’s legacy. Read full story
American Kurt Elling brings a welcome degree of class to the dying art of jazz vocals. Don’t miss him swing while he’s winning at the House of Music on Dec. 13. Read full story
Swedes The Radio Dept. have taken time out from doing almost nothing for the last 10 years to play a gig at Ikra on Dec. 6. No wonder video killed the radio star. Read full story
What? Slayer are still alive? They may have been releasing tracks since before most of us were in diapers, but that doesn’t mean they don’t still rock like it’s 1989. Read full story
Contrary to popular belief, honkies can play jazz too. And the best musicians in the Baltic are out to prove it at the sixth annual Festival of Baltic Jazz at Mir on Nov. 23. Read full story
Bringing an army of techno nerds and vintage instruments with him, Jean-Michel Jarre returns to the capital this week for a pair of concerts at the Kremlin Palace. Read full story
Better late than never. Just as even America has begun to grow tired of the R ‘n’ B revolution, Moscow hosts it’s first ever R ‘n’ B Festival at Olimpiisky on Nov. 10. Read full story
With the onset of winter and the global credit crunch spiraling out of control, now seems like the perfect time for a blues festival. B1Maximum is happy to oblige. Read full story
Continuing the Tretyakov’s “Masterpieces Surrounded by Masterpieces” series, the Rakhmaninov Trio joins Vasily Bochkaryov for an evening of Pushkin and Mozart. Read full story
As Banco de Gaia Britain’s Toby Marks fuses Eastern exoticism with contemporary Western electro. Witness the culture class when he’s at B1Maximum on Oct. 17. Read full story
Klaxons are so cool they invented Nu Rave and then disowned it the moment it became popular. Now they’re in town to headline A-One’s 2008 RAMP Awards. Read full story
From Oct. 3-25 Soyuz Kompozitorov host their sixth International Jazz Festival, bringing jazz superstars such as Frank Colon and Amy London to the capital. Read full story
On Sept. 26 at the House of Music Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten will prove that just because you play bass, it doesn’t mean you’re not cool. Read full story
In between giving birth to Motown and Eminem, Detroit was also the city where the international techno scene was conceived. And DJ Juan Atkins is claiming paternity. Read full story
Queen are one of the most successful bands of all time. And despite the death of Freddie Mercury, they’re just as popular now with Paul Rodgers leading the line. Read full story
With the global hip-hop scene seemingly in irreversible decline, the ever innovative Snoop Dogg still somehow manages to make sure that his sound always stays fresh. Read full story
Trombonist Chris Washburne cut his teeth as a band member for Duke Ellington. Don’t miss him when he blows wind at Soyuz Kompozitorov on July 24 and 25. Read full story
The Afisha Picnic is shaping up to be Moscow’s own mini-Glastonbury. Just pray for sunshine when Martina Topley-Bird headlines at Kolomenskoye Park on July 19. Read full story
In the eight years since she hit the big time with “I’m Like a Bird,” chameleonic Nelly Furtado has played the role of pop queen, R ‘n’ B star, actress and philanthropist. Read full story
