Nightspots
Friday Feb 26, 2010
The Ark: “Breakfast 2010”
A benefit for the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church breakfast program for the homeless. Performers: Bonnie Rideout, a U-M music school grad, is known as “the piping fiddler” for her theme-and-variation compositions in the style of Scottish pipes. “She transforms a lonely melody into utter desolation, then effortlessly switches gears from languorous ballad to virtuosic exercise,” says a Washington Post reviewer. Virginia-born, London-based Duck Baker is a renowned finger-style jazz guitarist whose repertoire spans the history of the music from ragtime through swing and modern masters like Thelonious Monk to free improvisation. Robert Jones, the host of WDET’s Blues from the Lowlands and an ordained Baptist minister, is an excellent singer and guitarist, with a huge repertoire that draws on Delta, Texas, Chicago, and other blues traditions. Bill Bynum & Co. is a quartet led by Bynum, a Downriver singer-songwriter and guitarist whose bluegrass-based songs also draw on old-time, early country, gospel, and contemporary folk music. His band includes fiddler Mary Seelhorst, dobro player Dave Keeney, and bassist Chuck Anderson. $30. 7 p.m.
The Blind Pig: Eat Sugar
Cincinnati New Wave pop-soul quartet. Opening acts are Prelove, an acoustic experimental soul band led by Ypsilanti singer-songwriter Mike Herrington, and Skeleton Birds, an Ypsilanti indie rock band.
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room: Blue Lines
Original blues, jazz, and ballads by the veteran duo of singer- guitarist Ira McDonald and blues harpist Fred Crandal III.
Elbow Room: Your Best Friend
Saginaw rock quartet. Opening acts TBA.
Goodnite Gracie: Drivin’ Sideways
Veteran local band fueled by Pontiac Pete Ferguson’s alternately soulful and ornery vocals. Their country-based repertoire still features lots of classic honky-tonk, but they also cover everyone from Chuck Berry and Johnny Burnette to the Beatles and James Brown. With guitarist George Bedard, bassist Chris G, drummer Mark Newbound, and keyboardist Jim King. 6:30-9 p.m.
The Habitat Ultralounge: Collision 6
Detroit rock quintet that plays originals and 80s and 90s covers.
Keystone Underground Martini Bar: The Afternoon Round
Local Americana pop-rock band.
Live at PJ's:
TBA.
Tap Room:
TBA.
