Nightspots
Wednesday Feb 10, 2010
The Ark: Jackie Greene
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.
The Black Pearl: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
The Blind Pig: Beasts in the Field
Experimental psychedelic metal band. Opening acts are the Ypsilanti hard-rock band Puns, the psilanti experimental drum ’n’ bass one-man-band Laserbeams of Boredom, and the Lansing hardcore metal band Hillside Barrier.
The Circus: Catfish Mafia
Detroit bluegrass quintet.
Elbow Room: Nathan K
Local indie pop-folk singer-songwriter. Opening acts TBA.
The Habitat Ultralounge: Slice
East Lansing pop dance quartet.
Keystone Underground Martini Bar: Open Mike
All musicians invited. 10 p.m.
