Pat Metheny Unity Group
Following this week’s release of the 20-time Grammy winning
jazz-rock guitarist’s latest album “Kin,” he and his all-star quartet promise
new material (which he says encompasses everything he’s done in his career) and
old favorites from his 40-year career at its Knight debut.
Lettuce
There’s much more flavor to this veteran Boston funk band than
the name implies. Having honed its chemistry on stage (with only a handful of
releases in over 20 years), its core features members of Soulive, while other
members have backed Dave Matthews, Britney Spears, and the Game on the road.
Johnson Brother’s Annual Valentine’s Day Bash
The Johnsons have been raising money for RAIN (Regional AIDS
Interfaith Network) for 22 years with this annual V-day concert - one of its
rare yearly live shows. This year the group expands to eight members and
welcomes veteran favorites Belmont Playboys with DJs Starseed, Godwin, and Jay
Coop spinning between sets.
Chris Peigler Punk Party
Friday and Saturday 8 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively, Tremont, 400
W. Tremont Ave. $7 and $10, www.tremontmusichall.com
Charlotte’s punk community pays tribute to one of its
forefather’s with 17 bands across two days, including the reunions of the
X-Periment and surviving members of Peigler’s My So-Called Band, as well as
local punk staples Antiseen, Dirty South Revolutionaries, and South Side Punx.
Black Joe Lewis
The adventurous Austin guitar wiz is like the second coming of
Hendrix and Sly Stone with a retro soul center and a punk edge. He’s also a
live force who delightfully kicks through genre walls with ease and attitude on
his latest album, “Electric Slave.”
Casket Girls
Named for New Orleans’ early equivalent to mail-order brides,
this dreamy Savannah trio combines fuzzy `80s and `90s shoegazer and thick
contemporary electronic bass sounds with Bananarama-style harmonies and Dum Dum
Girls-like sing-songy melodies for a weird marriage that actually works.
Wink Keziah
The Charlotte music stalwart can sound heartbreakingly pained on
slower country ballads like “The Quiet Kind” and “Dead Man Walking,” but the
twangy honky-tonk spirit is never far away on his new album “Cowbilly.”
Andrew Ripp
Tuesday 8 p.m., Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St.,
$10, www.eveningmuse.com
On the new acoustic album “Simple” the up and coming Nashville
singer-songwriter, who wrote hits for Ryan Cabrera and recently received
national exposure on “House of Lies” and “Entertainment Tonight,” recreates the
intimacy and starkness of his live shows. With Judah & the Lion.
Jonathan Wilson
The Forest City-native and Muscadine co-founder is scheduled for
US Festivals and a has a growing following in Europe. He makes excellent
hypnotic, folk-rock in the laid back, `70s Laurel Canyon, desert-baked spirit
of classic rock peers like Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, and Crosby, Stills &
Nash (some of who he calls friends).
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