John Cowan and Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Friday 8
p.m., Don Gibson Theater, 318 Washington St., Shelby, $27.50, www.dongibsontheater.com
The New Grass Revival founder, Doobie Bros’ bassist, and solo
artist teams up with the award winning NC bluegrass couple for the first of a
series of concerts which find the soul singing bass player revisiting material
he hasn’t played in years, including songs by his groundbreaking new grass
band, the Doobies, and the duo’s renowned work.
Friday 8
p.m., Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St., $12-$14, www.eveningmuse.com
Describing this NC act is a playful exercise in musical
terminology. With roots in folk, art, pop, rock, world, and um, roots, this now
10-year-old Durham-based act play with the abandon of punks at RenFair. But its
broad appeal extends to the pop side too. Its song “Amy’s Friend” was heard in
Amy Shumer’s summer comedy “Trainwreck.”
Dillon Fence
Friday 8:30
p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $18-$20, www.visulite.com
In the `90s this NC power pop act went from playing frat parties
to scoring college rock hits like “Living Room Scene.” Two decades after its
demise (and with the occasional reunion tour), this marks the classic lineup’s
only holiday show and boasts Hootie and the Blowfish’s Mark Bryan as the
opening act – much like the early days.
Junior Astronomers/The Verdict/Watch Husky Burn
Friday 9
p.m., Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave., $8-$10, www.tremontmusichall.com
The second to last show before the 20-year-old rock club closes
its doors features one band made up of former employees whose tenure dates back
nearly to the club’s beginning, a one-time reunion of a Charlotte dream pop
band few thought would regroup, and a local linchpin that spent its formative
years honing its indie-rock sound there.
Gina Sicilia
Friday 9
p.m., Double Door, 1218 Charlottetown Ave., $10-$12, www.doubledoorinn.com
You’ve heard of blue-eyed soul? Consider this Philly songstress
brown eyed blues whose rich alto swims in electric blues and R&B with
splashes of pop and Americana. Her latest is “The Alabama Sessions,” which was
featured on several reality TV shows. She on to her next project, kicking off a
fan funding campaign last month.
Temperance League
Friday 9:30
p.m., Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St., $5, www.snugrock.com
Consider it a friendly duel? The best of both worlds? Or at least
the best of the largest metropolitan areas in the Carolinas when Charlotte rockers
Temperance League and always experimental vets It’s Snakes meet Durham’s punky Red
Collar and recent NC transplant Mike V., leader of New Jersey’s show-stopping
rock n’ rollers the Everymen.
Goodbye Tremont
Saturday 12
p.m., Tremont, 400 W. Tremont Ave., $10-$15, www.tremontmusichall.com
In typical Tremont fashion, the Southend club will go out with a
day long, 17-band bill that leans on what the club stood for – all ages, local
metal, punk, and hard rock. The Body Bags kick things off followed by
Tattermask, Everthrone, F-Dux, 403 M.O.B., the Beat Downs, the Fill-Ins, and a
host of others before Antiseen tears up the stage one last time.
Parranda Navidena
Saturday 7
p.m., Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St., $20-$25, www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
Immerse yourself in Latin American culture, music and food at the
2nd annual Venezuelan Christmas celebration featuring music from
former Gran Coquivacao singer Juan Carlos Acaya and his Miami/Venezuela-based
band SwinGaitero, who’ll play holiday classics following tropical band
Ultimanota and dance by Raices Venezolanas.
Acoustic Syndicate
Saturday 8:30,
Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., $15-$20, www.visulite.com
Once Western Carolinas’ biggest new grass export, these days the
Cleveland County quintet spends more time on the farm (or at nine to five jobs)
than on the road. But the band always makes time for its annual show at
Visulite, especially following the reinvigorated group’s 2013 rural
Americana-steeped release “Rooftop Garden.”
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