Check out what’s happening in live music on this Wed., Dec. 9.
Chris Thomas King The actor-musician played the Delta bluesman who allegedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for fame in O Brother, Where Art Thou?. King has a deeper drawling vocal quality than the man he portrayed and modern hip hop beat sensibility to his New Orleans-spawned blues grooves. (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Nick Moss Band Rock n’ roll, soul, blues and plenty of grooves dosed in psychedelic and jazz fusion hues drive the sonic trajectory of Chicago-based Nick Moss Band, vocals delivered by Ledbelly descendant Michael Ledbetter and searing fretwork slayed by the band’s guitarist namesake. Last year’s Time Ain’t Free earned a spot on Guitar World’s 50 Best Albums of 2014 list, and this date falls behind a 2015 release, Live & Luscious in Eutin, Germany. (Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg)
Northlane, Volumes with Cane Hill, Coldrain A co-headlining bill featuring a few metalcore acts– the prog-metal-leaning Northlane, from Australia, backing a fresh 2015 third LP, Nodes; LA’s Volumes, which just lost vocalist Michael Barr last month and has soldiered on with Born of Osiris member Joe Buras standing in for the the “Greater Than Tour.” (Orpheum, Ybor City)
Seasons After with Everybody Panic!, Saint Diablo Revolver Magazine premiered the first single off Calamity Scars & Memoirs, the sophomore full-length from Kansas-brewed alt metal outfit Seasons After, and now hosts the national tour that brings them to town with Oklahoma’s super-charged rockers Everybody Panic! and Latin-imbued hard rock and heavy metal makers Saint Diablo. (Brass Mug, Tampa)
ALSO TONIGHT
Holiday Music Concert Wed., Dec. 9, Ferguson Hall at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa
Christmas in Ireland w/Michael Londra Wed., Dec. 9, Largo Cultural Center, Largo
Roam / Handguns w/Broadside/Sudden Suspension Wed., Dec. 9, Epic Problem, Tampa
Jim Brickman: Comfort & Joy Holiday Tour Wed., Nov. 9, Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2015.
