Nightspots
Acclaimed young Sacramento singer-songwriter with a distinctive poetic touch whose facility with folk, blues, and honky-tonk idioms and attitudes has provoked comparisons to Dylan and Tom Waits. He accompanies himself on acoustic and electric guitar and on keyboards, including a Hammond B-3 organ. Opening act is Sam & Ruby, the Nashville-based soul-inflected pop- folk singer-songwriter duo of guitarist Sam Brooker and vocalist Ruby Amanfu. $20.
With 4 different young local bands each week.
DJs Scarboni and VJCC spin soul, funk, and rock ’n’ roll records.
East Lansing pop dance quartet.
All musicians invited. Hosted by Laura MacKimmie.