Each week for nearly a decade now I’ve sifted through localvenue calendars for our concert recommendations column. Obviously some weeks aren’t asbusy as others. This coming week the number of shows between September 28 andOctober 4 is absolutely ridiculous - way too much to fit into a hot concertscolumn.
Tuesday's variety is astounding. You have the loopy violin indie-folk shenanigans of Dr.Strings himself, Andrew Bird at Neighborhood, the metal supergroup Down atTremont, long running revered indie powerhouse Cursive at The Milestone (a bandthat would normally play a bigger venue on a lesser week), soul singer AllenStone who opened the Roots’ private DNC event earlier this month at Visulite,and former Headcoatee and (in my mind) underground UK legend HollyGolightly playing a free set during Snug Harbor’s Country Tuesday. And that’sonly Tuesday!
The rest of the week reflects that same rich variety usuallyblessed on bigger cities like New York or Atlanta. Friday I’ll be taking mytoddlers to see the Fresh Beat Band, but I could take in Matthews Mayfield andPerryman Jones at Evening Muse or the Afrobeat adventures of Daptone Records’(home to Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings) Antibalas at Visulite, or the early`00s hit makers the Ataris at The Milestone.
Saturday it’s three femalesinger-songwriters Garrison Starr (who I discovered opening for Steve Earleyears ago), Maia Sharp, and Adrianne Gonzalez at Evening Muse, songwriter Steve Forbert atStage Door Theater, music legend Leon Russell at Neighborhood, and NC’s 9th Wonderdeejaying classic hip-hop at Republic. Other highlights includethe Powerman 5000 anniversary at Tremont Wednesday followed by the doubleheader of Accept and Kreator Thursday, which goes up against Georgia rapperBubba Sparxx at Amos’, indie group White Rabbits at Visulite, indie group theRocketboys at the Muse, and soul singer Curtis Salgado at Double Door. Taking it all in could be dizzying.
Those concerts just scratch the surface. But the point is ifyou’re going to go see live music, go this week.
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