Canadian country star Lindi Ortega to play LR
Lindi Ortega will perform at 8 p.m. today at South on Main in Little Rock. Tickets (if any remain) are $35.75, $33.50, $28 and $24.25.
Ortega, who just returned from headlining several shows on the Cayamo music cruise of the Caribbean, is a singer-songwriter from Toronto, who lived in Nashville, Tenn., for a time before marrying and moving to western Canada in 2017. She released her debut album, The Taste of Forbidden Fruit, in 2001, and followed that with Fall From Grace in 2005, Little Red Boots in 2011, Cigarettes & Truckstops in 2012, Tin Star in 2013 and Faded Gloryville in 2015.
She won the Canadian Country Music Association award for Roots Artist of the Year in 2014 and 2015.
Bijoux will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $15.
South on Main, 13th and Main streets, Little Rock; (501) 244-9660, southonmain.com
Joe Crookston will perform a Little Rock Folk Club show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Hibernia Irish Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $15, $10 for military, $8 for students with ID and free for accompanied children under age 12 and accompanied by an adult.
Crookston, an acoustic guitarist, lap slide player and fiddler, was named in 2016 the Folk Alliance International Artist-in-Residence. His songs include tales about drunk roosters, rattlesnake tails, meter maids, Brooklyn summers, Galway heather and Oklahoma towns.
Born and reared in rural Ohio, he attended Kent State University and later lived in Seattle. He is now based in Ithaca, N.Y. He has released six albums.
Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 663-0634, littlerockfolkclub.org
Granger Smith, along with opening acts Runaway June, Smithfield, Morgan Evans and Michael Tyler, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at Metroplex Live in Little Rock. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 the day of the show.
Smith, a country singer from Texas, also has an “alter ego” as Earl Dibbles Jr. Smith has released nine studio albums and one live album. His best-known singles are “Backroad Song” and “If the Boot Fits.”
Metroplex Live, Interstate 430 and Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, (501) 681-7552, metroplexlive.com
The Arkansas Times’ annual Musicians’ Showcase continues its month of competition at 8 p.m. today with Round 3 at Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. Admission is $5; $8 for those under age 21.
The third group of competitors are: Sabine Valley, Fiyah Burnz, Crankbait, All the Way Korean and Deep Sequence.
Bands will perform each Thursday night in February, with winners each week facing off March 9.
Backup Planet will perform at 9 p.m. Friday. Admission is $7.
Randall Shreve & The Devilles will perform, along with opening act Nathan Corsi, at 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 the day of the show.
Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 3727707, stickyz.com
The Lacs will perform, along with opening acts Crucifix, Hard Target and Nate Kenyon, at 8:30 p.m. today at the Rev Room in Little Rock. Admission is $20.
The Crystal Method will perform at 9 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the day of the show.
Amasa Hines, along with opening act OR, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 the day of the show.
Loveland, featuring Raheem DeVaughn will perform, along with opening acts Tawanna Campbell, Berry and DJ Nick Hud, at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $35.
Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com
Dog Prison, R.I.O.T.S., RAATH, and Bette Noire will perform at 9:30 p.m. today at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $7.
A showcase for the art of the late T.C. Edwards will feature R.I.O.T.S., Redrum and The Rock Freddies, who will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is $6.
Cory Branan will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $6.
White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com
Mulehead will perform at 10 p.m. Friday at Four Quarter Bar in North Little Rock. Admission is $7.
Arkansauce will perform for the club’s second anniversary at 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $8.
Four Quarter Bar, 415 Main St., North Little Rock, (501) 3134704, fourquarterbar.com
Lance Daniels will perform at 5:30 p.m. and DJ G-Force will perform at 9 p.m. today at Cajun’s Wharf in Little Rock. Admission is $5 after 9 p.m.
Logan will perform at 5:30 p.m. and Big Shane Thornton will perform at 9 p.m. Friday. Admission is $15 after 9 p.m. Richie Johnson will perform
at 5:30 p.m. and The Buh Jones
Band will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5 after 5 p.m.
Cajun’s Wharf, 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351, cajunswharf. com
Arkansauce and The Wall Chargers will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Maxine’s in Hot Springs. Admission is $5.
Molasses Disaster, The Gebharts and Adam Faucett will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5.
Maxine’s, 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 321-0909, maxineslive.com
Earl & Them will perform at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at The Big Chill in Hot Springs. Admission is $5.
Earl Cate, guitarist in The Cate Brothers Band, started his current group, Earl & Them, when his twin brother, Ernie Cate, decided to cut back on live performing several years ago.
The Big Chill, 910 Higdon Ferry Road, Hot Springs, (50) 624-5185 , thebigchillhotsprings.com
SmithField will perform at 9 p.m. today at Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Admission is free.
Trey Smith and Jennifer Fiedler, friends since their preteen days in Smithfield, Texas, are a country duo who cite The Civil Wars and Lady Antebellum as among their influences.
Griffin Restaurant, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, (870) 444-3007 Eldomad.com.