Jennifer Nettles
Friday 8 p.m., Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St.,
$34.50-$69.50/$79.50 VIP, www.blumenthalarts.org
Before she was frontwoman for arena-hopping country duo
Sugarland, Nettles was an Atlanta-based blues-rock singer belting out numbers
at clubs like Visulite. Now a Grammy winner whose ventured into Broadway as
“Chicago’s” Roxy Hart and acting (Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors”),
Nettles got back to music earlier this year with her second solo album.
“Playing With Fire.”
So Fest So Clean Festival
Friday and Saturday 9 p.m., Petra’s, 1919 Commonwealth
Ave.; 9:30 p.m. The Station, 2131 Central Ave.; 10 p.m. Snug Harbor, 1228
Gordon St., $7 per show per night; $5 additional admission to other venues each
night, https://www.facebook.com/events/650450041780027/
If you’re new to Charlotte or just curious about the local
scene, this two-day, three venue Plaza-Midwood festival and neighborhood
clean-up drive is an economical way to sample CLT music. Each club has three to
five acts each night. Shadowgraphs, Jaggermouth, Dollar Signs, Ravages,
Tigerdog, Known Ghost, and Totally Slow are a handful of Friday’s bands, while
Saturday’s lineup includes Time Sawyer, It’s Snakes, Elonzo Wesley, Modern
Primitives, Dollhands, Sinners & Saints, the halves and america is a
mistake.
Latin American Festival
Saturday 12 to 8 p.m., Symphony Park, South Park Mall, 4400
Sharon Rd., $5, Kids 8 and under free, www.latinamericancoalition.org
The Latin American Coalition’s 26th annual cultural
festival features a marketplace filled with food, visual art, and crafts and
dance and music performances featuring Grammy winning international acts like Nicaragua’s
prince of Salsa - singer-songwriter and percussionist Luis Enrique, 30 year
Venezuelan ska vets Desorden Publico, L.A.-based La Santa Cecilia, a
Mexican-American act that blends rock and world music with Latin culture, and a
Caique Vidal & Batuque, who mix the music of Bahia with Afro-Brazilian and
folkloric dance.
Bad Religion/Against Me!
Saturday 7:30 p.m., The Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory
Blvd., $29.50, www.livenation.com
Pairing a legendary punk agitator, Bad Religion with a band that’s
bound for a legendary future on the Vox Populi tour makes for a fitting
election year, HB2 state bill. BR hasn’t played a non-Warped Tour Charlotte gig
in a generation and Against Me’s transgender frontwoman’s public transition and
openness about her struggle has created a fresh perspective in songwriting.
She’s actually telling stories we haven’t heard before.
Carl Broemel
Saturday 8 p.m., Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St.,
$15-$18, www.eveningmuse.com
You’ll probably never get a chance to see My Morning Jacket in a
room as small as this NoDa institution, but you can witness MMJ guitarist Broemel
up close when he stops in on tour for his solo album “4th of July.” His
pleasant vocals give nod to classic bands, but his psychedelic guitar work
gives “4th” a darker, modern spin. In fact, its trippy,
fully-realized sound is on par with his day job’s output.
Elephant Revival
Saturday 8:45 p.m., Visulite, 1615 Elizabeth Ave.,
$15-$18, www.visulite.com
Dan Rodriguez and Bonnie Paine – primary singers for this
orchestral folk quintet – bring such different voices to the string-laced
compositions of hope and darkness on its latest album “Petals,” yet there’s a
unity and cohesiveness present especially when they sing together. His delivery
is matter-of-fact, while she is a spiritual daughter of emotive singers Sinaed
O’Connor and Sarah McLachlan with her own unique delicacy and rasp.
Ceschi Ramos
Sunday 7 p.m., The Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Rd., $10, www.themilestoneclub.com
Since its revitalization 12 years ago, the Milestone Club has
become a family that extends to touring artists who frequent it and fall in
love with the club, staff, and patrons. This rapper/singer-songwriter who
defies easy classification is one such artist. One on hand he’s toured with indie
hip-hop leaders like Astronautilus and Busdriver, but as a one man band he’s
all over the musical map from punk to folk.
Chrome Sparks
Tuesday 8 p.m., Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th
St., $12-$15, www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
Brooklyn based producer, musician and DJ Jeremy Malvin (aka
Chrome Sparks) makes electronic music that’s equally thumping and cinematic.
With a balance of foreboding and exciting, tacks on his new EP “Parallelism,”
which relies on friends’ vocal samples, three synthesizers, and a tambourine,
would be as at home on the dancefloor as they would a movie screen.
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