Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland &
Ulster to Appalachia
Friday
7:30 p.m., Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Free (donations
accepted), www.folksociety.org
NPR’s “The Thistle & Shamrock” host Fiona Ritchie and
Swannanoa Gathering founder and former Charlotte Folk Society president Doug
Orr penned the recently published book chronicling the roots of Appalachian
music, which gives the concert its title. They’ll share history and stories. Little
Windows provides the soundtrack for the multimedia show.
Cameron Floyd Band/Life Size
The local acoustic pop band celebrates the release of its new
album, “Dancing the Distance.” Standout track “Change” indicates it’s an
impressive collection. On its own debut EP “Mockingbird Alarmclock,” Salisbury
soul-pop outfit Life Size flits between Dave Matthews-style acoustic pop and
meatier almost gospel-flavored rock with emotive harmonies and colorful piano
fills.
Alvvays
This female-fronted, Rolling Stone-endorsed Canadian combo’s
self-titled album of deeply infectious indie pop lands somewhere between
influential `80s alt-rock, `90s K Records, and Best Coast. It went to No. 1 on
the college charts this summer. The group is paired with fellow Toronto band Absolutely
Free and Charlotte’s Late Bloomer.
Daley
On his 2014 full-length debut “Days and Nights,” the British
R&B singer/producer who got his break guesting on Gorillaz’ “Doncamatic,”
skirts retro tags while making some of the most classic yet still modern
R&B around. To prove it he embarks on a acoustic tour - a rarity for an
electronic age artist that brings to mind Bill Withers’ moving `70’s shows.
Benefit for Luke Hill
Charlotte musician (Animals, Public Radio) and Neighborhood
Theatre bartender Luke Hill was injured by a hit and run driver walking home
November 4. Locals Flagship, Junior Astronomers, Jeremiah Wilde, Warsong, One Amazing
Kid, Solis, the Business People, Deep Sky and Animals will play to help with
his mounting medical bills.
Max Drake & Sheila Grady Carlisle/The Mannish Boys
During the `70s and `80s Drake and NC-native Carlisle’s band
Arhooly was a popular blues rock fixture on the East Coast circuit. They return
to the Double Door for the first time since 1989. They’ll be joined by Charlotte’s
own Mannish Boys, whose sound is a throwback to classic `60s garage rock n’
roll.
Justin Townes Earle/Cory Branan
The now well established singer-songwriter son of Steve Earle -
whose sound is deeper ingrained in the blues and old-timey rock and country
than his dad’s - turns another corner through sobriety and marriage on his new
album “Single Mothers” and its follow-up “Absent Fathers.” Fellow Nashville renegade
and stellar songwriter Branan also plays.
Powerman 5000
After the sudden death of scheduled headliner StaticX’s Wayne
Static, Powerman 5000’s Spider One (whose band toured with StaticX in the early
days and saw the upcoming bill as a reunion) stepped up to continue the tour in
honor of Static (Atlanta’s show even features a StaticX tribute). With American
Headcharge and Wolfborne.
Dillon Francis
On his long-awaited debut album, “Money Sucks, Friends Rule,” the
rising EDM DJ/producer gathered disparate guest artists like Panic! at the
Disco’s Brendon Urie, Major Lazer, and Twista and mixed his slower signature
moombahton style with unapologetically guilty-pleasure pop that’s melting
dancefloors.
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