Music News – Bronx Times

Willie Colon playing his trombone in front of a Puerto Rican flag.

Music

Fans mourn Bronx-born salsa legend Willie Colón at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Marina Samuel

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Tenth annual Element of Hip-Hop Awards celebrates Bronx artistic legacy

By Emily Swanson

Housing

Mamdani breaks ground on East Harlem affordable housing and arts center in former NYPD parking lot

By Emily Swanson

21, Cross Bronx EXPY, from Grand Concourse

Our Forgotten Borough

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Shining the brightest light on the Bronx for all to see

By Robert Pozarycki

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Arts & Entertainment

Bronx Opera to perform Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’ this February at Lehman College

By Ethan Marshall

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Arts & Entertainment

Acute Inflections performs intimate Jazz set at Sankofa Haus in the South Bronx

By Lesley Cosme Torres

Jamaican singer Shaggy.

Caribbean Life

US$1M goal for star-studded Jamaica Strong Relief Concert

Jamaican reggae icon Jimmy Cliff during a performance in 2012.

Caribbean Life

Reggae lovers pay glowing tributes to legendary Jimmy Cliff

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Music

Bronx punk band Planta Industrial plays to packed house for EP release show

By Emily Swanson

Broadway dreams begin in the Bronx for local teen Sienna Calderon

By Jason Cohen

Keenan “Special” Bristol, a Guyanese-American artist and activist and founder of “Music Brings Life.”

Caribbean Life

Music With a Mission

ice spice

A song so nice, Ice Spice named it twice: ‘Baddie Baddie’ music video drops with scenes of the Bronx

By ET Rodriguez

JK is a rapper/singer hailing from the Bronx.

AMNY

Harlem rapper/‌singer JK launches new album with New York City tour

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Music

Orchestra of the Bronx to perform music from Beethoven and Mozart in free concert Oct. 19

By Ethan Marshall

bad bunny

Arts & Entertainment

Bronx venues host watch parties for final Bad Bunny residency show

By Emily Swanson

man smiling at counter of record store featured in Vinyl NYC

Business

Two Bronx shops featured in new book ‘Vinyl NYC,’ highlighting independent record stores

By Emily Swanson

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New York Family

Where to See Cherry Blossoms In and Around Westchester

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Women’s History Month: How Maria Otero became the first person to go from NYPD administrative aide to deputy commissioner

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Kahani performs during The Center's 10th annual Iftar on March 12.

‘A vital sanctuary’: Queer Muslims find community at The Center’s 10th annual Iftar