I love Hazmat Modine!

No, that's not Matthew Modine. (Sorry, Matthew...)

Hazmat Modine's "River & Blues" (led by my multi-talented friend, Wade Schuman) at the River to River Festival

Thursday, July 8, 7pm-8:30pm (free)
Wagner Park, Battery Place and West Street, Manhattan

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Get a taste of Hazmat Modine on BBC Radio 2 on July 5 on PAUL JONES -- RHYTHM & BLUES. Hear the broadcast live on bbc.co.uk/radio2 at 7pm UK time or play it at any time over the following seven days.

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And how about this?

Broadway2Battery: Antibalas Music

Thursday, July 22, 7pm (free)

Castle Clinton, Battery Park, Manhattan

Antibalas (Spanish for “bulletproof”) is a high-energy and highly celebrated Afrobeat orchestra from Brooklyn. The band anchors this year’s Broadway hit FELA! with their musical direction and energetic instrumentalists, arranging and performing the music of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and originals alike.

Get tickets (two per person) outside Castle Clinton, starting 5pm on July 22. First come, first served. 

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