8 p.m. Friday, January 11, Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson
St. $17-$19. 704-376-3737.
The acclaimed folk singer-songwriter took an unusual career
path. An early peer of Shawn Colvin and Suzanne Vega, she left music for
clinical psychology until she was drawn back in the early 1990s. She released
her seventh album, “Reunion,” in September.
Max Baca and Los
Texmaniacs
8 p.m. Friday, January 11, Don Gibson Theater, 318 S.
Washingston St., Shelby. $21. www.dongibsontheater.com
This Grammy winning group captures
the sound of South Texas’ Conjunto - a style marked by accordion and the twelve
string Mexican guitar, the bajo sexton - mixing classic waltzes, boleros,
ballads, polka, and Western swing in tribute to cities like Laredo, Corpus
Christi, and El Paso.
The Old Ceremony
10 p.m. Friday, January 11, Double Door 1218 Charlottetown
Ave. $12. 704-376-1446.
There’s a thread of waltzing old `50s and `60s rock n’ roll
combined with songwriting chops on this orchestral
indie-rock-meets-gypsy-folk-flavored band’s fifth album “Fairytales and
Other Forms of Suicide,” which should draw greater attention to the Chapel Hill
outfit.
Joe Buck Yourself
10 p.m., Friday, January 11, Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St.
$5. www.ticketfly.com
With his unfurled Mohawk he looks like a survivor of late
`70s street punk or a horror movie extra (he actually made his name playing
with alt-country leaning artists Legendary Shack Shakers and Hank III). Solo, he
falls somewhere between growling punk and chugging rockabilly-flavored country.
Bloc Party
8 p.m. Tuesday, January 15, Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory
Blvd. $33. www.livenation.com
The London foursome - who stormed the
UK charts in 2005 - returned in 2012 after a two-year hiatus with the new album,
“Four,” which rages and rolls with its signature
electro-dance-meets-guitar-rock while still covering new ground.
Tea Leaf Green
8 p.m. Thursday, January 17, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave.
$15. www.visulite.com
Like peers My Morning Jacket and moe,
this prolific and diverse San Francisco outfit expands on the old idea of a jam
band by channeling the BeeGee’s, Southern rock, the Grateful Dead, and a funky
carnival barker from one track to the next.
A Troop Of Echoes
8 p.m. Thursday, January 17, Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Rd.
$5-$8. www.etix.com
Ready for original? This Rhode Island
instrumental outfit unites mathy guitar rock and lyrical saxophone in a
cinematic, experimental marriage that works quite well - as if an indie rock
band got a job scoring Showtime’s “Homeland.”
Gina
Sicilia
The Pennsylvania-based blues singer
has a deep, lived-in alto that sounds years beyond her twenties and is capable
of tackling blues, R&B, and Americana. She wrapped up an Indiegogo.com
campaign this week to fund her upcoming fourth album.
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