Nightspots
Sunday Mar 7, 2010
The Ark: Richard Shindell
A former bandmate of John Gorka in the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band, Shindell is a veteran folk-rock singer-songwriter who burst onto the national scene in 1992 with Sparrow’s Point, a widely acclaimed LP that included “Kenworth of My Dreams,” a song Ramblin’ Jack Elliott has called one of the best truck songs he’s ever heard. “Like Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams, he dwells on big, often difficult moments in the lives of ordinary people. By staying with them even as he flies into metaphor, he maintains equanimity,” says New York Times music critic Ann Powers. He has an acclaimed new CD, Not Far Now. Opening act is Antje Duvekot, a fast-rising young German American singer- songwriter from Boston known for her hushed, conversational singing and darkly resonant, introspectively personal ballads. “I think she’s going to be the next great American folk singer- songwriter,” says Ellis Paul. $20.
Conor O'Neill's: Traditional Irish Session
All invited to join or listen to an instrumental jam session.
Dreamland Theater: Nautical Almanac
Baltimore noise band, originally from Ann Arbor, that uses improvised electronic instruments. Opening acts TBA.
Elbow Room: Todd Osborne
Detroit-area electronic musician.
Live at PJ's: Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings
This local 10-piece big band is one of the few to specialize in the old-time big-band music of the late 1920s and early 1930s associated with Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver. Arrangements by the renowned early-jazz pianist James Dapogny and tubaist Chris Smith.
Old Town: Billy King
Country-flavored pop-folk by this local singer-songwriter and guitarist.
