9 p.m. Friday, September 28, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave.
$15. www.visulite.com
With ties to “Fela!” (the Tony winning musical on which its
members served as musical directors) and a 15-year history as an influential
force in the second wave of Afrobeat, the Daptone Records act is straddles
forward thinking and rhythmic traditions.
Stolen Babies
6:30 p.m. Saturday, September 29, Tremont, 400 W. Tremont
Ave. $10. www.etix.com
Taking one page from goth-punk/metal bands like Schoolyard
Heroes and another from No Doubt, this L.A. group boils it all into a sinister,
noisy, circus-ready cabaret.
Garrison Starr/Maia
Sharp/Adrianne Gonzalez
8 p.m. Saturday, September 29, Evening Muse, 3227 N.
Davidson St. $12-$15. www.eveningmuse.com
This talented trio of LGBT-friendly, folk-rock singer-songwriters
features Starr - the spunky tomboy, Sharp - the mature peer favorite (covered
by Cher, Dixie Chicks, Kathy Mattea and others), and Gonzalez, who fuses her
visual art and her lyrics.
Steve Forbert
8 p.m. Saturday, September 29, Stage Door Theater, corner of
5th and College Streets. $22. 704-372-1000.
The gravely-voice of this matter-of-fact veteran storyteller
lends itself well to the lived-in, mature and sometimes playful songs about
relationships that populate his newest album, “Over With You.”
9th Wonder
Before
embarking on a three year research project as a Harvard fellow, the
Winston-native, Little Brother member and acclaimed Grammy winning producer
spins hip-hop classics.
Cursive
8 p.m. Tuesday, October 2, Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Rd.
$15-$17. www.etix.com
Usually booked at much bigger venues, this rare intimate set
follows the Midwesterner’s 2012 story-driven concept album “I Am Gemini”
although the group has been a fan and critical favorite since 2002’s
“Domestica.”
Allen Stone
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 2, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave.
$13-$15. www.visulite.com
If you’ve missed this vintage soul throwback on the late
night talk show circuit or opening for the Roots during the DNC, you’re in for
a surprise. Beneath the hippie-geek look lies a killer voice that has audiences
doing a double take.
White Rabbits
8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 4, Visulite. 1615 Elizabeth Ave.
$12-$15. www.visulite.com
This Brooklyn (by way of the Midwest) outfit hovers
somewhere between the riffing and rhythms of Minus the Bear and the gentle
(thanks to the vocals) indie-rock of Death Cab for Cutie, but with jazz roots
that add another layer of complexity.
Curtis Salgado
9 p.m. Thursday, October 4, Double Door, 1218 Charlottetown
Ave. $12. 704-376-1446.
The 2012 Blues Music Awards soul/blues singer of the year
has survived a 2006 liver transplant and had his second cancerous lung tumor
removed this summer, but he sounds like a youthful, driven vocalist channeling
Motown and classic R&B like a male Sharon Jones.
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