Weirdo Winter Formal
Charlotte’s indie underground celebrate Tremont with a punk prom
which will undoubtedly look like your high school dance gone wrong – or right.
Noise punks YARBS, garage rock foursome Del Rio, a reunited Mon Frere, keytar
duo Sext Message, punky, female-fronted fuzz-pop trio Alright, and soulful
pop-rockers Good Bones play.
There’s a raw, by-the-seat-of-her-pants quality to this young
blues guitarist and Blues Music Award winning singer’s new album, “Wild Heart.”
Produced by North Mississippi Allstars’ Luther Dickinson, who crisscrossed
Southern studios with Fish to record, “Wild Heart” captures a true blues-rock slide
player, shredder and soulful singer.
John Scofield and Jon Cleary
Friday 8
p.m., McGlohon Theatre, 345 N. College St., $27.50-$37.50,
www.blumenthalarts.org
Modern jazz guitar pioneer Scofield and British ex-pat/New
Orleans’ R&B pianist Cleary join forces following new albums. Scofield’s
“Past Present” features his band from 1990, while Cleary’s “Gogo Juice”
includes some of recently departed New Orleans’ legend Allen Toussaint’s last
work. He wrote most of the horn arrangements.
Southern Culture on the Skids/6 String Drag
The chicken slinging North Carolina institution returns for
what’s become an annual holiday-timed concert. This time the blatantly Southern
twang trio bring Chapel Hill’s reunited 6 String Drag along for the ride.
Songwriter Kenny Roby’s band was a force in alt-country in the `90s and is back
with an intense new record after a six year hiatus.
Luis Miguel
Recording since the age of 11 and winning his first Grammy at 14
(for a duet with Scottish pop star Sheena Easton), the Mexican crooner is a
best-selling Latin music giant with practically unmatched celebrity in
Spanish-speaking circles. He’s been a tabloid magnet for decades and his
personal life is as rich as his famous voice.
Between the Buried and Me
It would be fitting for the progressive metal outfit with
Charlotte roots to play the venue where it got its start before it closes for
good four days later, but the 15-year-old technical metal wizards moved to
bigger stages a few years ago. The band ends its current tour here with
Enslaved. Intronaut, and Native Construct.
Rising Appalachia
Sisters Leah and Chloe create quiet, harmony-driven world folk
with soul edge. The duo’s music crosses the strong feminist voice of Ani
Difranco with the eclectic tone of Michael Franti. In fact they’d be a fitting
addition to Franti’s yoga and music tour, promoting sustainability in
everything from roots music to what the clubs they play serve.
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