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Rani
Arbo and daisy mayhem
WAMC
Performing Arts Center, Friday
Rani
Arbo and her band daisy mayhem are happy to welcome to the
group their new manager, Quinn Ettwein Kessel. Kessel has
limited management experience, and rumor has it that nepetism
played a big role in him being favored over other candidates.
The 2-foot-long, 15-pound bouncing baby is the son of bandleader
Arbo and drummer Scott Kessel. Rounding out the roots-rock
band are guitarist Anand Nayak and upright-bassist Andrew
Kinsey. Called “the Greta Garbo of folk music” by Acoustic
Guitar, Arbo is also the fiddler and founder of daisy
mayhem. The Boston Globe says, “Rani Arbo and daisy
mayhem’s sweeping, timeless melodiesfloat above ingenious
arrangements. The band has a grand knack for pumping new blood
into old music.” Locally grown singer-songwriter Rosanne Raneri
will open the show. (March 3, 8 PM, $15, 339 Central Ave.,
Albany, 465-5233)
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Rosanne
Cash
The
Egg, Friday
Although
she has scored a dozen or so No. 1 songs on the country charts,
Rosanne Cash doesn’t consider her music country-bound. Her
newest release, Black Cadillac, was written and recorded
before, during and after the deaths of her mother, stepmother
and father. It incorporates lyrical elements touching upon
the richness of life and what is left after death. Her 25-plus
year career has given her country cred beyond the fact that
she’s the daughter of the late Johnny Cash; she’s a renowned
artist with a catalog that is widely recognized in the country
and folk worlds. According to CMT.com, her new album is “one
of the most meaningful and musically significant works of
her career.” At the Egg, she’ll perform songs from Cadillac
and more. (March 3, 8 PM, $24, the Egg, Empire State Plaza,
Albany, 473-1845)
Prong
Northern
Lights, Sunday
Prong
lead singer Tommy Victor is something of an industrial-music
vulture: When industrial bands fronted by ornery lead singers
lose their guitarists, Victor moves in for the spoils. His
grinding, sludgerfic riffage has been employed by Danzig and
Rob Zombie in recent years. In 2004, Victor decided to resurrect
his own industrial band, and they released Scorpio Rising,
Prong’s first album since 1996’s Rude Awakening.
Rising was criticized as a bland exercise in nu-metal
by the numbers, lacking any of Prong’s metal or industrial
influence. If any of Prong’s recent shows or MP3 previews
are an indication, Victor has remembered what brought him
to the dance. Perhaps it’s his day job as guitarist for the
revived and rabid Ministry, but either way Prong are back
to collect Victor his paycheck for carrying the metal torch
during the dark ages of grunge. (March 5, 7:30 PM, $12,
1208 Route 146, Clifton Park, 371-0012)
James
Carter
The
Egg, Sunday
James
Carter and his quintet are bringing their tribute to Billie
Holiday, based on his album Gardenias for Lady Day,
to town this weekend, and we’re, frankly, delighted. Mostly
because Carter does the tribute thing right. Folks have been
trying to “pay tribute” to Holiday (who died at age 44 in
1959) for decades, including a spectacularly awful film bio
in the ’70s starring Diana Ross. Saxophonist Carter’s sound
is in synch, however, with the aching, minimalist style of
Lady Day. The program will feature some of the best-remembered
tunes from Holiday’s songbook; likely candidates include “More
Than You Know,” “Body and Soul,” and “Them There Eyes.” It’s
certain that Carter will include some of his own critically
praised work, too. Special guest vocalist Miche Braden has,
according to Carter, “the essence of an ever-evolving Billie.”
Some praise. (March 5, 7 PM, $24, Empire State Plaza, Albany,
473-1064)
Hothouse
Flowers
Iron
Horse Music Hall, Wednesday
Not
necessarily jumping the bandwagon, but not exactly bucking
the trend of reanimated late ’80s bands, are these Irish rockers.
Saddled early on with the expectation that they’d be the “next
big thing,” Hothouse Flowers never quite aspired to the level
of superstardom enjoyed by their fellow countrymen in U2,
but they did turn out a steady stream of competent blue-eyed
soul, including a few bona fide hits (“Don’t Go,” “Give It
Up”). Into Your Heart is Hothouse Flowers’ first release
since 1998’s Born, which was widely thought
to be the band’s swan song. (Their subsequent output—a live
album, a best-of disc, and a collection of B-sides—did little
to argue that point.) Vocalist Liam O’Maonlai still has that
overcaffeinated Van Morrison thing going on, and they sound
pretty much the same as ever. So, Hothouse Flowers fans, this
one’s for you. (March 8, 7 PM, $18, 20 Center St., Northampton,
Mass., 413-584-0610)
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Folding
Sky will celebrate
the release of their new CD at Albany’s Garden
Grill tomorrow (Friday) night (8 PM, $2, 462-0571).
. . . Also tomorrow night, catch Powerman 5000
at Northern Lights; the full bill also includes
the Sofa Kingz (happy birthday to lead
singer Judd), Dead-Lift and Savior Hate
(7:30 PM, $15, 371-0012). . . . The Ramblin’
Jug Stompers—a jugless jug band (you’ll have
to figure that one out yourselves) featuring Bowtie
Blotto, Wild Bill (of Wiley Dobbs), Michael Eck,
Steven Clyde, and Ryder Cooley—make their debut
this Saturday at Caffe Lena (8 PM, $12, 583-0022).
. . . Saturday at Red Square, catch a fine triple
bill featuring Boston’s Apollo Sunshine,
the Slip, and Sam Champion (8 PM,
$12, 432-8584). . . . The Deadstring Brothers,
a Detroit foursome who recently released their
Bloodshot Records debut Starving Winter Report,
play Valentine’s on Sunday evening; the Sidewinders
and Miloh open (7 PM, $6, 432-6572). . . . Rising
prog-metal band Between the Buried and Me
are part of a stacked bill at Saratoga Winners
on Wednesday night that also features Bleeding
Through, Every Time I Die, and Haste
the Day (7:30 PM, $17, 783-1010). . . . A
sign of what’s to come: Celtic rockers Enter
the Haggis return to the area for a show at
the Parting Glass this Wednesday (8 PM, $15, 583-1916).
. . . OK, we know this ain’t pop music, but thought
you might give a crap: Composer Philip Glass
will deliver a lecture and perform works from
Etudes for Piano at Williams College’s
’62 Center for Theater and Dance (in Williamstown,
Mass.) on Wednesday (8 PM, free, 413-597-2425).
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