6:30 p.m. Friday, NC
Music Factory Fountain Plaza, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $5. www.ticketleap.com
The
nationally revered songwriter headlines the second week of the Friday Live!
series – the only installment to showcase local bands. With support from a
rising funk-rock powerhouse (Lucky Five), a female-fronted alt-rock combo
(Grown Up Avenger Stuff), and Greensboro’s Holy Ghost Tent Revival.
7 p.m. Friday, May 4,
Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St. $20-$30. 704-358-9298.
The Lancaster, SC country star best known for 2004’s “Break
Down Here” has weathered MS and the loss of her record deal and everything she
owned (in the Nashville flood). She emerges as a newly independent artist
that’s feisty, soulful and inspiring.
Amy Ray
8 p.m., Friday, May 4,
Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave. $20. 704-358-9200.
The Indigo Girl has long moonlighted as the leader of
rollicking rock bands (which feature members of the Butchies), she merges those
rock, soul, and folk sides on her latest solo album, “Lung of Love.” With the
Shadowboxers.
Carolina Rebellion
11 a.m. Saturday, May
5, Rockingham Speedway, 2152 N. US HWY 1. $92.35. www.carolianrebellion.com
The hard rock festival moves to Rockingham and boasts a
lineup that includes Slash, Staind, Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Halestorm,
Shinedown, Adelita’s Way, Chevelle, P.O.D., Evanescence, Volbeat, Weaving the
Fate, New Medicine, Ghost of August, Red, Redlight King, and Charlotte’s own
Paper Tongues.
Mickey Avalon
7 p.m. Saturday, May
5, Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave. $15. www.etix.com
Ladies love this notorious sexually explicit party rapper
whose colorful backstory includes drug addiction, prostitution, and young
parenthood. After parting ways with Interscope, who released his buzzy debut,
he finally delivers the follow-up, “Loaded.”
Bombadil/Justin Robinson
& the Mary Annettes
8 p.m. Saturday, May
5, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave. $10-$12. 704-358-9200.
Sidelined by medical issues after early buzz, the
Durham-based Ramseur Records’ act made a triumphant return in 2011. It’s joined
by former Carolina Chocolate Drop Robinson, who navigates folk waters with the
inventiveness of a roots music Prince.
Beats Antique
8:30 p.m. Saturday,
May 5, Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St. $15-$20/$30 VIP.
704-358-9298.
The San Francisco trio fuses electronica, world music, and
belly dancing with musically progressive performance art that appeals to both
young beatheads and more mature fans of forward thinking international music
and dance.
Snagglepuss
10 p.m. Saturday, May
5, Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St. $5. 704-333-9799.
Hope Nicholls and husband Aaron Pitkin’s (Fetchin Bones,
Sugarsmack) say farewell to their long running third act, due to the departure
of guitarist Amy K. (who moves west for grad school), with a cd and video release
Cinco de Mayo party that promises guests and career spanning tunes.
Ingrid Michaelson
8 p.m. Tuessday, May
8, Amos’, 1423 S. Tryon St. $20-$23. www.etix.com
The New York indie-pop songwriter whose career gained steam
in 2007 thanks to an Old Navy commercial (and numerous TV placements since)
that took her quirky and beautiful pop melodies (think Sara Bareilles) to the
masses.
Matthew Santos
8 p.m. Wednesday, May
9, Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St. $10-$12. 704-376-3737.
Best known for crooning the hook in Lupe Fiasco’s
“Superstar,” as a solo artist this Chicago singer-songwriter actually lends his
soulful pipes to atmospheric original rock and folk.
Mastodon/Opeth
7:30 p.m. Thursday,
May 10, Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $39.50. www.livenation.com
Critics hailed the Atlanta metal act’s latest full-length, “The
Hunter,” as an end of year best in 2011. Some called it a modern classic. It
joins purveyors of equally theatrical metal, Sweden’s Opeth.
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