Well, the Orange & Black made a valiant effort, but in the end they were edged out by the Blue & Yellow.
Wait, I’m talking about leftover Halloween candy. What did you think I meant?
Oh yeah, the Bengals lost too. But as the people on this boat said upon further reflection* “that sure was a heck of a ride!”
*i.e. after they recovered from their concussions
OK, let’s move on to the tunes. Great news: as part of the This Week in Live Music President’s Day Weekend Sale, you can buy one week of concert listings and get one week free!
Speaking of furniture, let’s give it up for Lucy Dacus, who played a great show at the Ovation while lying on a couch for most of the gig due to two herniated discs in her back. What a trooper.
New release Friday
Today, Jacob Strom (son of list members Jen and Tim Strom) has a new track called “Charger” dropping on all the major streaming sites. It’s a song he co-wrote for an artist named JVKE, who apparently is quite the TikTok-er. Check it out. And by “it” I mean the song, not TikTok. OK, go ahead and do both, you impetuous youth!
Tickets on sale today
Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples at the Greg “Johnny Bravo” Brady Center on July 19th.
Gig time
Tonight, John Scofield plays Ludlow Garage.
Saturday, Beth Hart is at the Taft, Madison Live hosts a Weezer and Smashing Pumpkins tribute, and the Icon has a sold-out show: Louis Tomlinson. (Never heard of him? Same here, my friend with discriminate taste in musical artists… apparently he was a member of One Direction.)
On Monday, Superwolves (a band featuring Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy*) plays Southgate.
*no relation to Prince
Tuesday, Drew & Ellie Holcomb play Memorial Hall, and The Thing with Feathers lands in Southgate’s Revival Room.
On Thursday:
- Allison Russell plays Memorial Hall. (Allison is from Birds of Chicago, and her solo album from 2021 got rave reviews.)
- Zachary Williams (of The Lone Bellow) will be at Ludlow Garage, with local band The Hiders opening the show.
- Ovation has Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience. That show is BYOG (Bring Your Own Groupies)
Next Friday evening, Lily Hiatt plays Southgate, with the Harmaleighs opening, and Jack Russell’s Great White (essentially Jack Russell minus all the other members of Great White… it’s complicated when that much hair is involved) plays the Blue Note in Harrison.
On Saturday, Feb. 26th:
- Anderson East plays Bogart’s
- Local artists Physco and Christian Nicholas Gough play the Woodward
- Alex Williams is in Southgate’s Sanctuary
- Letterkenny Live is at the Taft.
Sunday, 2/27, British blues-rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor is at Southgate and Gaelic Storm hits the Taft.
The four members of the band called We Banjo Three have two shows at Memorial Hall, on Tuesday, March 1st and Wednesday, March 2nd.
Also on Wednesday (3/2), Beach House will be on the river… at the Ovation in Newport. And Wishbone Ash plays Ludlow Garage.
Goats will march forth when Bockfest kicks off on Friday, March 4th. That same evening the Devon Allman Project (featuring Luther Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars) plays Annie’s with the Samantha Fish Band, and The Well and Howling Giant play Northside Yacht Club. If you’re into tributes, Bogart’s has The Prince Experience (no relation to Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) and Taft hosts The Fab Four Ultimate Tribute. (I’m assuming it’s a tribute to the Rutles.)
Shows on Saturday, March 5th:
- Ministry, the Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity are at the Madison Theater
- Mat Kearney plays the Taft
- Local artist David McGlynn has an album release show at the Woodward, with Ric Hordinski and Moonshine
- Aja – A tribute to Steely Dan is at Ludlow Garage (I’m assuming it’s a tribute to the BAND Steely Dan, not the… um… toy.)
Coheed & Cambria plays Ovation on Sunday, March 6th, and the husband and wife duo called Ordinary Elephant plays Southgate, with Rachael Kilgour as the opener.
Vote early, vote often
I’m with AC Newman…
Album Covers of the Week
I spend a lot of time crate-digging at the local thrift stores, trying to add to my vinyl collection on the cheap. Usually it’s a colossal waste of time, as the bins are filled with nothing but albums from Andy Williams, Engelbert Hump-or-death Humperdinck and the Ray Conniff Singers. But this past Sunday, I scored big:
Not a bad haul for the princely* sum of $4.63.
*no relation to Prince
Have a great fortnight!
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