Dickey Betts & Great Southern
Three months after his old band the Allman Brothers took its
final bow and six years after giving up extensive touring, the 71 year old
influential Southern rock and blues guitarist is back for a quick four day
jaunt around the South.
Winter Jam
The annual touring Christian music festival celebrates 20 years
with Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, For King &
Country, Newsong, Family Force 5, and speaker Tony Nolan with a pre-party
featuring Blanca, About a Mile, and Veridia.
Tosco Music Party
The sing-along and variety-style live music sampling kicks off
2015 with the first of three annual concerts in the 25-plus year series. Acts
are Charlie King, Charlotte Jazz Orchestra, Elias Roochvarg, Evan, Xie,
Hawaiian Kine Band, Jenna Lindbo Justin Tosco, Kim Richardson, Little Big
String Band, Renee Ebalaroza, Sweet Claudette, and others.
With pop-punk anthems that pogo with angry calls for social
justice and equality, the Pittsburgh political punk band began celebrating its
20th anniversary with the release of last year’s aptly titled
retrospective “A Document of Dissent.” Now it commemorates the 10th
anniversary of its album “The Terror State” by revisiting it live in its
entirety.
River Whyless
With its 2012 debut the Asheville roots quintet, who releases its
self-titled EP Tuesday, traded in contemplative, pastoral songwriting, rich
string arrangements, bright, but melancholy harmonies and frank delivery that
evokes Band of Horses or the Avett Brothers mixed with the sweet female fronted
`90’s alt-pop bands like the Cranberries or the Sundays.
King Tuff
Wednesday 9 p.m., Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th
St., $10-$13, www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
The rock n’ roll alter-ego of Kyle Thomas is a favorite of
Sirius/XMU’s indie set. On his third record for SubPop, “Black Moon Spell,” he
takes gnarly stoner-rock distortion and speeds up the tempos for a ride that’s
more psychedelic garage rock funhouse than mid-tempo fuzz meltdown. It’s also
bigger on pop hooks than college radio suggests.
Hot Club of Cowtown
On the Texas swing trio’s seventh album, “Rendezvous in Rhythm,”
the band delves into Gypsy jazz and American standards using legendary French
jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli and guitarist Django Reinhardt and Paris in
the 1930s as inspiration.
Wednesday 13
The L.A.-based, China Grove native returns to his old rocking
grounds two days after the release of his latest album, “Monsters of the
Universe: Come Out and Plague,” which finds the punk/metal horror rocker
focusing on recent interests in aliens and conspiracy theories. But don’t
worry, there’s plenty of signature gore and camp.
Covers for a Cause
A who’s who of local musicians pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac at
this Community School of the Arts fundraiser. Performers include Reeve Coobs,
Sam the Lion, Benji Hughes, Chalkies, Mike Strauss, Gigi Dover, Truckstop
Preachers, Amigo, Pam Taylor, Lenny Federal, and Loose Lugnuts.
Michaela Anne/Girls Guns & Glory
For a New York transplant and country singer-songwriter Anne has
a knack for capturing honest longing, independent spirit, and the weepy twang of
the Southern experience on her debut album, “Ease My Mind.” She’s paired with snappy-dressing,
Boston roots rock outfit GG&G, who Rolling Stone named one of 10 bands to
watch last fall.
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