Today’s theme, here on HearingTest, is FREE MUSIC! We have free shows in NYC, Manchester, and free music online to dl right now….

More free concerts in Brooklyn this summer…..

The Neville Brothers kick off the summer season of Celebrate Brooklyn 2007 with a FREE concert in Prospect Park.

New Orleans’ royal family of funk brings the bayou to Brooklyn to open our 29th season. For more than 30 years Art, Charles, Aaron and Cyril have been turning out some of the tightest grooves and closest harmonies known to man, from classic albums like Fiyo on the Bayou and Yellow Moon to the triumphant 2004 reunion Walkin’ in the Shadows of Life. With young Ivan on keyboards adding another generation of sound, the Nevilles’ “spicy funk, heavenly ballads and righteous roots connections” (Rolling Stone) have never been more potent.

Bringing fabulous live music and popular film and performance groups to Brooklyn since 1979, Celebrate Brooklyn is one of NYC’s longest running free outdoor performance events.
The lineup for the rest of the summer includes :

Joan Osborne / The Jazz Passengers: The Supremes Project
The Richard Thompson Band / Olabelle
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / James Reams & The Barnstormers
Groove Collective / Ravi Coltrane / Craig Harris
The Stills / Sam Roberts Band / Malajube
Issac Delgado / Xiomara Laugart / Pistolera
REwind: A Cantata For Voice, Tape & Testimony
Noche Flamenca / Andrew J. Nemr & CPD Plus / Darrah Carr Dance
Zoé / The Pinker Tones / Chetes
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra With Mark O’Connor And Maya Beiser
Frank London’s Yiddish Carnival
Blackmail With Alloy Orchestra / Morley
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Catherine Russell
Hal Willner’s Doc Pomus Project Featuring Ben E. King / Teddy Thompson / Steven Bernstein / Joel Dorn / Adam Dorn / Peter Guralnick and many others
Dan Zanes & Friends
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Laurel & Hardy With The Millennial Territory Orchestra / Ethan Lipton
Boricua Festival: Tito Rojas / Joe Cuba Sextet / Viento De Agua / David Cedeño & others
Brave New World Repertory Theater: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry / Jenny Scheinman
Lyricist Lounge With KRS-ONE / Ladybug Mecca / Blitz / Beat Entertainment / Turntable Anihilists
Kassav’ / Bonga
The Hold Steady / The Big Sleep / The Teenage Prayers
Bollywood In Brooklyn: Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin / Dj Rekha’s Bollywood Disco
African Festival: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars / Sekouba Bambino / Stella Chiweshe / Shiko Mawatu / Baye Kouyaté et les Tougarakés

Go to BRIC Arts/Media for dates and lots more info about each show.

There is also a Manu Chao Radio Remba Soundsystem Concert on June 26th and 27th to benefit the Celebrate Brooklyn events, as well as a benefit concert by Ani DiFranco on July 18th. Visit BRIC for all the info…