Futurebirds
8:45 p.m. Friday, March 29, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave. $12-$15.
www.visulite.com
This Athens band manages to blend sweeping Americana, Southern rock rootsiness, aching pedal steel with edgy,
sweat-soaked garage rock, gravelly vocals and psychedelic tendencies.With the Catch Fire.
Sarah
Clanton Schaffer
Cello-rock has the ability to roar, rumble
and break hearts with a weeping bow. This classically trained Greenville, SC vocalist/cellist brings jazz, rock and Americana into the mix and tops it with lovely vocals and
thoughtful, sometimes quirky lyrics. Check out her upcoming Kickstarted funded new album, produced by songwriter David Mayfield.
Emmylou Harris and
Rodney Crowell
Monday, April 1, Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St. $ 704-372-1000.
Long Americana’s leading lady, Harris reunited with former
bandmate and stellar songwriter Crowell on the joyful, stripped down (compared
to her later work) new record “Old Yellow Moon.” Bonus? legendary British
guitarist/songwriter Richard Thompson opens the show.
Marcus Foster
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave.
$13/$60 VIP. www.ticketfly.com
Don’t be fooled by the “British
singer-songwriter” label. While this Londoner can do the quiet contemplation his UK
peers are known, he's a hungry soul and blues singer at
heart with a lot of fire and grit in his voice.
Eric Clapton
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, Time Warner Cable Arena,
$58.85-$102.05. www.livenation.com
With a new album - a collection of
mostly favorite covers called “Old Sock” - the 67-year-old Rock n’ Roll Hall of
Famer returns to riff on his own classics as well as some of the work that
inspired him. The Wallflowers - back after a long hiatus - opens
the show.
Charlie Hunter and
Scott Amendola
8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St.
$17-$20. 704-376-3737.
After a solo album and playing on Frank Ocean’s “Channel
Orange,” prolific 7 and 8-string guitarist Hunter, who's rooted in the jazz, hip-hop, and jam worlds, joined longtime drummer Amendola for a duo album
- “Not Getting Behind is the New Getting Ahead.”
The Duhks
8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave.
$18-$20. www.visulite.com
After years of shifting lineups and dormancy, the Canadian
soulgrass soul-grass rooted combo reunites with all original members (including
vocalist Jessee Havey) for a proposed EP and full-length and much anticipated
live shows.
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