Over and Under
One big show, one smaller
From the days of “brush(ing) her teeth with a bottle of Jack,” Los Angeles pop star Kesha is singing an entirely different tune on “Rainbow,” her latest album. After a painful public legal battle with her former producer Dr. Luke, who she sued to break a contentious recording contract, the singer’s latest has the one-time party princess trading in her stool at the bar for one at the piano. It suits her: Swelling ballad “Praying,” for example, has the performer belting out her vulnerabilities, turning them from a pain point to an asset. Few pop artists in recent memory have made such a drastic leap and landed so gracefully. Catch the new Kesha at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on Oct. 24. Tickets are $42.50-$48.00 via livenation.com. The latest from Red Bull’s expertly curated Sound Select concert series is one of its best in months. Margaret Glaspy is a child of the 1990s, and the gruff grunge that shook pop music’s foundations in that era rattles out in her raspy rock. “Emotions and Math,” the banging-but-vulnerable lead ideal single introductionfrom her to latestthe 28-year-old’salbum of the hip-shotsame name, songs, is an considering how a relationship reduced a rolling stone of a woman into a kid, counting down the hours until her lover returns. Pearl Charles and Denver’s The Still Tide will join Glaspy at the Bluebird Theater for this songwriter showcase on Oct. 20. Tickets are $5 in advance and $15 at the door via axs.com.