Trey Songz
7 p.m. Friday, December 14, Bojangles’ Coliseum, 3400 E.
Independence Blvd. $60.35-$81.90. www.ticketmaster.com
The modern day R. Kelly straddles raunchiness and
romanticism like he balances party-starting hip-hop and contemporary R&B
slow jams on his latest album “Chapter V.” He teams with recent Grammy nominees
Miguel and Elle Varner.
Sick Puppies
7 p.m. Friday, December 14, Amos’, 1423 S. Tryon St.
$20-$23. www.etix.com
WEND 106.5 holds its annual Not So Acoustic Xmas concert
with this Aussie trio who is as steeped in late `90s hard rock as the station
itself. The group might reveal material from its upcoming 2013 album. With
Breaking Laces and Churchill.
Nnenna Freelon and
John Brown Big Band
8 p.m. Saturday, December 15, McGlohon Theater, 345 N.
College St. $29.50-$39.50. 704-372-1000.
The inaugural event to bring a quarterly swing jazz series
to Charlotte was a big success. This time Duke University’s Brown and his big
band welcome renowned guest vocalist Freelon for a show heavy on holiday
favorites.
Mount Moriah
8 p.m. Saturday, December 15, Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson
St. $8-$10. 704-376-3737.
This triangle area critical darling’s sadly soulful debut
was one of “Shuffle Magazine’s” 2011 best of the Carolinas’. With its
gospel-tinged indie-Americana debut and a heavier, fuller follow-up slated for
February, this is a regional act to watch.
Suzy Boggus
8 p.m. Saturday, December 15, Don Gibson Theater, 318 S.
Washington St., Shelby. $24.50. www.dongibsontheater.com
Although she hasn’t had a bona fide hit single in over a
decade, the country singer had eleven Top 40 country songs during the height of
her career in the late `80s and `90s. She hasn’t slowed down. She’ll perform a
special Christmas show.
Crushed Out
10 p.m. Saturday, December 15, Evening Muse, 3227 N.
Davidson St. $7-$9 704-376-3737.
In the spirit of raw garage rock duos, the pair formerly
known as Boom Chick! share an affinity for slide blues, dramatic messy riffing,
and unpredictability with bands like the White Stripes, early Stones, and
Stooges with an added sprinkle of rockabilly playfulness.
Thomas Rhett
11 p.m. Saturday, December 15, Coyote Joe’s, 4621 Wilkinson
Blvd. $12-$15. www.etix.com
In the mid-`90s this second generation country singer’s
father Rhett Akins had a handful of hits including “That Ain’t My Truck” and
“Don’t Get Me Started.” The 22-year-old follows in Dad’s footsteps co-writing
Jason Aldean’s “I Ain’t Ready to Quit” and charting his own solo career.
The Gathering
4 p.m. Sunday, December 16, McGee Theatre at The Batte
Center, Wingate University, 403 N. Camden Rd. $25. www.carolinatix.org
Last winter The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Rhiannon Giddens
and Polecat Creek’s Lauralyn Dossett headed up this “gathering” to release a
unique holiday cd based in part on Dossett’s song cycle for symphony and string
band and other songs the musicians unearthed. This holiday performance is a
rare one as the participants all have successful full-time gigs.
Trioscapes
8 p.m. Sunday, December 16, Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Rd.
$5-$7. www.etix.com
Between the Buried and Me bassist Dan Briggs is one third of
this experimental heavy fusion outfit who delivers similarly heady workouts on
traditional rock instruments that you’d expect from a BTBAM vet. With
likeminded musical adventurers Hectagons! HRVRD, and Blossoms.
The Business
8 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave.
$10-$12. www.ticketfly.com
The English anti-racist Oi! band has been around almost as
long as punk rock. Its influential version of UK street punk remains as snotty,
defiant, and urgent as ever with shouted choruses that beg for fist pumping
sing-alongs.
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