Miranda Lambert/Dierks Bentley
7 p.m. Friday, August 23, Verizon
Wireless Amphitheatre, 707 Pavilion Blvd. $38.25-$67. www.livenation.com
She’s redneck feminist country’s
leading lady. He’s the genre’s red dirt pinup . They team up on the Locked
& ReLoaded Tour, which shakes up the setlist and formula of Lambert’s
memorable and emotional January 2012 concert (following the death of her
father-in-law) for a larger crowd and possibly bigger production. With “The Voice”
contestant Gwen Sebastian and rising stars the Randy Rogers Band.
The BoDeans
8 p.m. Friday, August 23, McGlohon
Theater, 345 N. College St. $28.50-$32.50. www.blumenthalarts.org
Despite a maze of lineup shifts over
the years (leaving Kurt Neumann its only founding member), the Wisconsin rock
combo nears its 30th year
in 2014. The group took a break after it enjoyed its biggest hit - 1996’s
“Closer to Free” - thanks to “Party of Five,” but its career of late has been
prolific with four releases in three years.
Maxi Priest/Beres Hammond
Dubbed the Kings of Lovers Rock, the
veteran vocalists may be the smoothest cats in reggae with a style that owes as
much to R&B as rock steady, roots, and dancehall. Hammond delivers songs like a
classic soul singer, while Priest’s pop tendencies earned him smash mainstream
crossovers in the late `80s and `90s.
Crunk Witch/Louis Logic
The electronic husband and wife duo
should get a mention for its name alone, but it's frantic and spastic to dark
and spooky beat-driven tracks are of note as well. It’s paired with the
sometimes confounding, often surprising emcee who tosses musical styles in a
soup pot much like a mad Iron hip-hop chef. Thought Criminals and Red Jesse
open.
Parachute
With catchy soul-pop tracks like its
current single “I Can’t Help” the Charlottesville outfit is an adequate
substitute for Maroon 5. It's fittingly logged time on the road with Kelly
Clarkson and its just-released third album, “Overnight,” follows modest adult
contemporary hits “She Is Love” and “Something to Believe In.” With Matt Hires
and Andrew Ripp.
Umphrey’s McGee/STS9
7 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, Uptown
Amphitheatre, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $34-$40.50. www.livenation.com
“Relix Magazine” suggested in 2012
that classic jam stalwart Umphrey’s McGee might be the “Last Jam Band
Standing.” The same could be said for forward-thinking, futuristic electro-jam
outfit STS9, who as Sound Tribe Sector 9 led the live electronic rave-meets-jam
concert hybrid years before it was an attraction at Bonnaroo.
We The Kings/Breathe Carolina
It's evident from its catchy
pop-rock tracks that the Florida quartet grew up during the rise of snappy
emo-pop acts like Jimmy Eat World. Colorado-based electronic duo Breathe
Carolina provides a link between youthful pop and bubbly club jams. T. Mills,
the Ready Set, and Like the Movies round out the bill.
The Passenger
What started as a full British band
is now the folky alter-ego of English singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg who
makes pastoral, genteel acoustic songs with pop sensibilities - think a sparse
and intimate Van Morrison or Nick Drake.
The Coathangers
Atlanta produced an heir to feminist
post-riot grrrl with this female trio (down a member from a quartet). There’s
no sloganeering here though. The songs, while sometimes brash and
unpredictable, are personal and layered responses to life, death, and
relationships.
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