SEVEN IN SEVEN
Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singersongwriter or indie, there will always be something to check out.
Here are seven of the best on the docket for the week of Jan. 12:
1 Blues Uprising — Saturday at 118 North, Wayne
A night with Blues Uprising includes the sounds that made electric blues and blues rock great, from Freddie King and Albert King to Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn. The group plays the music that made the blues power trio a signature sound as the world knows it. Featuring Jay Barone on bass, Scott Wetherell on drums and Bill Taylor on guitar and vocals, their live shows incorporate nearly of century of great artists, songs and sounds of electric blues, blues rock and jazz blues as well as a host of originals.
2 Peabo Bryson — Sunday at The Keswick Theatre
World renowned balladeer Peabo Bryson has had a fantastically successful career delivering some of the greatest R&B hits of the past many decades. He’s dueted with the likes of Celine Dion, Roberta Flack and Natalie Cole for megahits like “Beauty and the Beast,” “Tonight I Celebrate My Love” and “Gimme
Some Time,” respectively. Possessing a beautifully rich, almost operatic voice, Bryson has withstood changes in the genre across his some 20 albums while remaining one of the top soul draws and most riveting live performers around.
3 Crack the Sky — Sunday at Ardmore Music Hall
Coming up on 50years together, Crack the Sky released a new album last June, titled “From the Wood.” The prog rock pioneers showed they still have some surprises up their sleeves as the LP leans heavily on the acoustic side. Five decades after Rolling Stone magazine dubbed the band’s self-titled inaugural effort the best debut album of 1975, the sextet continues to break new ground while putting on memorable live shows wherever they take the stage.
4 Albert Lee — Wednesday at Sellersville Theater 1894
Having worked with The Everly Brothers, Eric Clapton, Emmylou Harris and The Crickets over his long and illustrious career, Albert Lee started out during the emerging rock ’n’ roll scene of ’60s London, when he swapped
bands with the likes of fellow guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Chris Farlowe. Following his mid ’70s move to the States and assimilation into the country music scene, he quickly garnered a reputation as one of the fastest guitar players in the business and one of the most respected and renowned axmen in history. Lee just turned 80in December and refuses to slow down, delivering six-string histrionics live like it was 50 years ago.
5 Lindsay Lou — Wednesday at MilkBoy
The daughter of a literal coal miner and millwright and the granddaughter of a teacher gone Rainbow Gathering healer, Lindsay Lou honed her honest and resonant style with a bluegrassinspired band, digging up elements of bluegrass, folk, Americana and soulful pop for their emotional depths. Her latest album, September’s “Queen of Time,” showcases her as a vibrant,
powerful woman who can share herself with the world, and yet define a mystic sense of inner self as well. Come Wednesday, she’ll reveal a bit of herself at MilkBoy as part of a handful of shows before heading over to the UK for a series of dates.
6 SunSquabi — next Thursday at Ardmore Music Hall
Denver electronic dance outfit SunSquabi has ignited the energy of listeners everywhere with a string of fan favorite releases beginning with 2016’s “Odyssey.” Along the way, having racked up tens of millions of streams and delivering rapturous performances at legendary venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the trio has become more than adept at inciting personal revolution while delivering a unique “livetronica” experience.
7 Marcus Roberts Trio — January 18-20at Verizon Music Hall
A long-term musical partnership between pianist Marcus Roberts, drummer Jason Marsalis and bassist Rodney Jordan, the Marcus Robert Trio is known for a virtuosic style and entirely new approach to the jazz trio. While most trios in the genre have the piano front and center, all members of the Marcus Roberts Trio share equally in shaping the direction of the music by changing its tempo, mood, texture or form at any time, doing so with lightning quick musical reflexes and creative imagination. Watching them live, it’s almost as if there’s a telepathic connection happening onstage. That will come in handy at Verizon Hall as the trio will be taking on George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” for three nights.