A quick breakdown of this weekend’s most worthy concerts beginning with Thursday, ’cause that’s when the weekend really starts, right? For a more comprehensive schedule, check out our Upcoming Concerts page.
Have Gun Will Travel w/The Whiskey Gentry [pictured]/Josh Roberts & the Hinges Bay area purveyors of fiery Americana HGWT caught the attention of Suburban Home Records and were brought into the distribution fold with their latest full-length, Postcards from the Friendly City. This show is part of a Southeast regional tour with The Whiskey Gentry, an Atlanta six-piece that makes old timey alt country with banjo, accordion, fiddle, harmonica and the sweet-drawling vocals of frontwoman Lauren Staley; and Columbia, S.C.’s Josh Roberts, who brings a harder Southern rock feel to his band’s freewheeling roots music. 9 p.m., New World Brewery, Ybor City, $8.
SPC Jazz Festival w/Helios Jazz Orchestra/Guisando Caliente/John Lindberg & The Powell Brothers Quintet SPC hosts its second annual three-day fest beginning on Thursday with “Big Band Big Bang” by resident ensemble Helios Jazz Orchestra and guest vocalists Dale Williams and Sasha Tuck. On Friday, Guisando Caliente performs a concert of “Hot Latin Jazz.” And the Saturday night finale, “Jazz on the Edge,” features a one-two punch of music headlined by composer/bassist John Lindberg and featuring the Powell Brothers Quintet, a quintet that includes horn-playing Powell brothers Jonathan (trumpet) and Jeremy (saxophones) as well as guitarist LaRue Nickelson. 7:30 p.m. (all three nights), SPC Music Center, St. Petersburg, $10 per night.
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2010.
