Local country/rock singer has a busy weekend. Find out where she'll be performing next
THURSDAY, Feb. 22: Valerie Barretto performing in Pembroke
The Canadian DJ duo Loud Luxury hosts a benefit concert night, for the crucially important, if inelegantly named, 'Fxxx Cancer' charity at Big Night Live in Boston. Popsters Portugal. The Man is at Roadrunner in Allston. The Boston area's own dynamic Americana group The Blue Ribbons unveil their newest album at The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet jams with jazz at The Sinclair in Cambridge. The hardcore sounds of Thursday shake up the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Comedy with Torrie Hart at City Winery in Boston. Fast-rising outlaw country dude Evan Honer at Brighton Music Hall. Valerie Barretto sings country and rock at Towne Tavern & Treehouse in Pembroke.
FRIDAY, Feb 23: Channeling 'Sweet Baby James' in Scituate
The psychedelic folk of The Slambovian Circus of Dreams returns to the Spire Center in Plymouth. Band of Brothers – an Allman Brothers Band tribute – at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke. Sweet Baby James – the James Taylor tribute performed by Bill Griese – at River Club Music Hall in Scituate. Matt Pond Pa at Club Passim in Harvard Square. That hot New York rock band that was so impressive last year, The Midnight Callers, return to The C Note in Hull. Rock duo The Kills headline Royale in Boston. Pop/soul songsmith Eric Bellinger sings at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Guitarist Bill Frisell brings The Bill Frisell Three to The RegattaBar in Harvard Square. Comic Patton Oswalt has sold out both his City Winery shows in Boston. Aussie dance-pop and rap artist TKay Maidza makes her Brighton Music Hall debut. If you missed their weekend stint at Soundcheck Studios – or even if you were there and want more – New England jamband legends Max Creek are doing the whole weekend at The Met Cafe in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
SATURDAY, Feb. 24: Folk icon Tom Rush bound for Fall River
Folksinger icon Tom Rush plays at the Narrows Center in Fall River. New Orleans sounds from The Rebirth Brass Band light up the Crystal Ballroom in Somerville. The Ultimate Doors is a tribute act at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke. Young & Strange – a duo that combines comedy and magic – delights the crowd at Memorial Hall in Plymouth. The Music of Queen, performed by Jesse Agan at the Spire Center in Plymouth. Saxman Javon Jackson and his quartet at The RegattaBar in Cambridge.
Connecticut rocker Chelsea Cutler at MGM Music Hall in Boston. Rock perennial Willie Nile does a career retrospective at City Winery in Boston. It's a night of South Shore comedy at The Boston Harbor Distillery in Dorchester. The Dutch rapper known as Murda headlines the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Booty Vortex brings back disco at The C Note in Hull. Country's latest hunk-in-a-hat, Tyler Booth, gallops into Brighton Music Hall. This Party is Killing You is the band at The Sinclair in Cambridge. Suzanne McNeil sings at The Sports Emporium in Weymouth. Valerie Barretto warms up The New World Tavern in Plymouth.
SUNDAY, Feb. 25: Shady Roosters emerge in Plymouth
Start early for the 2 p.m. Shady Roosters at the Spire Center in Plymouth; or hit Players in Rockland 4-8 p.m. for the blues jam hosted by the Michele Rockwell Band. Code Orange rocks the Paradise Rock Club in Boston; the Yonder Mountain String Band jams at Big Night Live in Boston; and talented Texas country-rocker Tanner Usrey – whose music has been on the "Yellowstone" soundtrack – heats up The Sinclair in Cambridge.
Coming attractions
MONDAY: Los Angeles songbird Jess Williamson, whose latest album, "Time Ain't Accidental," is pretty enticing, sings at The Sinclair in Cambridge.
TUESDAY: The continuing residency by the Boston rock/jazz/jam foursome known as Neighbor at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke; while Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club rocks Roadrunner in Boston; and Tik Tok sensation Ricky Montgomery visits Royale in Boston.
WEDNESDAY: The pride of Stoughton rock, Mike Viola, returns from his West Coast digs to play an intimate gig at Club Passim in Cambridge; while Lilly Hiatt – John Hiatt's talented daughter – performs at Faces in Malden; rapper Qveen Herby holds forth at Royale in Boston; Cold War Kids rock The House of Blues in Boston; Spanish pop star Pablo Alboran is at Boston's Orpheum Theater; and Philly rocker Low Cut Connie shows a new film and also does a solo turn at City Winery in Boston.
FEB. 29: The Atlanta Rhythm Section is a big show for the Spire Center in Plymouth; while Memorial Hall in Plymouth welcomes the intriguingly named Bored Teachers Comedy Tour.
MARCH 1: Jon Pousette-Dart plays at River Club Music Hall in Scituate.
MARCH 2: Rock songsmith Grant Lee Phillips is solo at City Winery in Boston; The Bill Frisell Three moves on to the Narrows Center in Fall River.
MARCH 5: The Dandy Warhols alt-rock Royale in Boston.
MARCH 8: Plymouth's Delta Generators bring the blues to Boston Harbor Distillery in Dorchester.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Where to see live music near Quincy and Boston from Feb. 22-25
