Vanessa
Carlton
Friday 8:30 p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $25-$30.
www.visulite.com
Fans
anxiously awaiting the Grammy nominated adult-pop star’s follow-up to 2011’s
“Rabbits on the Run” - which showed the “A Thousand Miles” singer maturing in
voice with simpler arrangements - can debate whether they’ll get that new album
before the birth of Carlton’s first child. She revealed she’s pregnant at a
concert last week.
Flux
Pavilion
Friday 9 p.m., The Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory
Blvd., $32. www.livenation.com
As
a forward thinker in a forward-thinking field, the UK DJ and producer expands
on dubstep’s distorted wall of sound with textured dynamics (the track “The
Scientist”) and musical shout-outs to vintage 8-bit, rave, and hip-hop. He’s
collaborated with Childish Gambino and Major Lazer and Jay-Z and Kanye sampled
his work on “Watch the Throne.”
Temperance
League
Friday 10 p.m., Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St., Free. www.snugrock.com
The
prolific Charlotte outfit consisting of local rock vets celebrates the release
of its second full-length, “Rock N’ Roll Dreams,” with help from Pullman Strike
and the Sammies. The album finds the group, who opened for Bob Seger at the
arena in April, continuing to evolve its classic sound.
Blues
Brews & BBQ
Friday and
Saturday. 7:30 p.m., Tryon St. between Trade and
Stonewall, Free. www.charlottebbqfestival.com
Besides
booze and `cue, the 11th BB&B features live blues on two stages.
Charlotte Blues Society presents regional favorites like Mac Arnold & Plate
Full O’ Blues, while Tinsley Ellis, the Soul Rebels, Jonathan Tyler & the
Northern Lights and Vintage Trouble headline the Budweiser Stage.
White
Violet
Saturday 8 p.m., Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St.,
$6-$8. www.eveningmuse.com
Although
its set seemed cut short the Athens’ indie-rock quartet was a stand-out among
stand-outs at the God Save the Queen City Fest in September with its hypnotic
mix of dreamy shoegazer and delicate psychedelics layered atop a folk-anchored
songwriting base.
Pete
Rock & CL Smooth
Saturday 9 p.m., Chop Shop, 399 E. 35th
St., $20-$35. www.chopshopnoda.com
The
jazzy NY hip-hop duo split in 1995 after the follow-up to 1992’s hit “Mecca and
The Soul Brother” failed to repeat the success of its now classic predecessor
(Rock went on to produce folks like Kanye West). The two regrouped in 2010 and
now celebrate the 20th anniversary the seminal, influential hit album.
Sean
Watkins/Tom Brosseau
Tuesday 10 p.m., Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St., $5. www.snugrock.com
The
Nickel Creek guitarist/vocalist and songwriter joins acclaimed, literary
Midwestern folk songwriter Brosseau whose new album Watkins produced. They
bring a hint of the musical camaraderie found at L.A.’s songwriting hub Club
Largo to Country Tuesday.
Rickie
Lee Jones
Thursday 7:30 p.m., McGlohon Theater, 345 N. College
St., $35-$42.50. www.blumenthalarts.org
When
it comes to following her muse, the eclectic duchess of Coolsville (to borrow
from the title of her 2005 anthology) has spent a 35-year career exploring
jazz, pop, blues, rock, gospel, folk, and electronic music. Her latest Ben
Harper-produced album, “The Devil You Know” examines rock n’ roll through her
unique filter.
Sarah
Blacker
Thursday 8 p.m., Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St.,
$8-$10. www.eveningmuse.com
If
the label “sundress rock” garners a smile or piques your curiosity, then step
into the colorful musical world of this playful folk-rock singer-songwriter.
Named “Female Performer of the Year” in her native New England, the youthful
30-year-old sings like a sassier Sarah Barreilles crossed with an A-list
country belter.
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