One Hundred Miles

New York meets Vienna in a promising collision between Japanese drum machine improvisor Mori and the Pope of the Powerbook, Christian Fennesz. As a former member of no-wavers DNA and frequent collaborator with John Zorn, Mori is a familiar face on the improv circuit and her beat tapestries should work well with Fennesz's glitches. These days Fennesz clocks up more air-miles than a Eurocrat and appearances in his home town are a rarity. On the decks is Mego's other jet-setter, Peter Rehberg aka Pita.

The Lincoln Center inaugurates its annual Midsummer Night's Swing festival of outdoor dance nights with a Latin flavour. Long before the Buena Vista Social Club attracted a global audience to traditional Cuban styles, the diva who calls herself simply Albita was popularising classic 'guajaro' and 'son' music. Having become an export product for the Cuban music industry with her acclaimed 1988 album 'Son de Tahurete', Albita moved to Miami in 1993. Her 1995 album 'Dien Que' established her in the US, and she's never looked back. Watch the city swing to the sounds of old Havana.

Mary J Blige re-invented herself as a classic soul singer with last year's album 'Mary'. Since her début album went platinum in 1992, with the help of a young and little known Sean 'Puffy' Combs, the diva hasn't looked back. In fact, in the ensuing years, her bad attitude gained her as much notoriety as her songs which were a mix of R&B with hip hop beats, and the 29-year-old New Yorker's never been out of the spotlight. Her raunchiness may be toned down now but Ms Blige can certainly deliver on stage.