5 Live Music Musts - Top Winter Concerts
Ken Abrams, GoLocalProv Music Critic
5 Live Music Musts - Top Winter Concerts
This week “5 Live Music Musts” brings you the Top 5 Winter shows heading to our area. Check out our slide show for some best music in the Providence area this season.
Top Winter Concerts
NRBQ at Narrows Center
Two “new” bands appear next week at our America’s best roots venue, The Narrows Center. Actually neither band is a new act, they just have the word “New” in their name. The New Riders of the Purple Sage are one of the original psychedelic country rock bands going back to the early 70’s. NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet) might sound like a jazz band and the latest offering from keyboardist and band leader Terry Adams (Talk Thelonius) is in fact an album based on the work of jazz legend Thelonius Monk. Two shows not to be missed! Details here. Check out our interview from a year ago with Adams here.
Deer Tick at Lupos
Ring in the new year Saturday night January 2nd at Lupo’s with a homecoming show from RI natives Deer Tick. As their national presence continues to grow, we see less and less of Nashville transplant John McCauley, so its pretty much guaranteed he’ll be leading the boys through a major blowout at Lupo’s. As DT fans know, anything can happen at a Deer Tick show - with special guests a strong possibility. Tickets are $25 in advance and $28 at the door. Last Good Tooth opens. More details available here.
Drive-By Truckers
The Drive By Truckers are a southern rock band that have been defying stereotypes for almost 20 years. The songwriting of Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley is some of the best around and their three guitar attack of straight up rock and roll will leave your ears ringing. They return to RI and make their debut at the Columbus Theatre on March 9. For a preview, check out their recent live album It’s Great to be Alive. Tickets available here.
Sarah Potenza at The Met
RI native and The Voice veteran Sarah Potenza will be playing a homecoming show on January 24th at The Met. We’ve watched Potenza move from open mics, to Chicago and her band the Tall Boys, to Nashville, and then to the national stage on NBC’s The voice. Expect a full show of classics and maybe some tunes from her new album Monster expected in early 2016. Tickets for the January 24 show available here.
Beach Boys at the Park
The Beach Boys in February? You bet! The touring band led by original member Mike Love (with Newport native John Cowsill on drums) will be stopping by the Park Theatre on Valentine’s Day for what promises to be a great night of classic hits. Most nights, the band plays a 30+ song set and never disappoints. Click here for our interview with Love from 2014 here and get your tickets here before it sells out. Tickets are still available here or at the Park Theatre box office.
