- Tord Gustavsen Quartet
As the weather starts to warm up, more bands are hitting the road. This is the busiest show weekend of the year thus far, so there’s a whole lot going on if you’re trying to catch some live music. Tonight’s Stephen Malkmus and tomorrow’s Skinny Puppy shows are already sold out, but there’s plenty more to choose from.
Bluesman Eric Bibb, a 90s acoustic revivalist, comes to City Winery tonight with Ruthie Foster. David Whiteis says, “On his 2004 album Friends, he included a low-key but emotionally resonant reading of Guy Clark’s ‘The Cape,’ about a kid who wears a flour sack on his back a la Superman and suddenly dares great things. Bibb’s latest, Jericho Road (Stony Plain), shoots out in similarly unbluesy directions, with dexterous contributions from Senegalese multi-instrumentalist Solo Cissokho (‘Nanibali’) and Croatian trumpeter Goran Kajfes (‘Now,’ a churchy vision of global unity and world peace). Bibb’s message—love, community, faith in the human spirit—admittedly looks like idealistic folkie boilerplate, but his obvious commitment and unpretentious but wide-ranging erudition (to say nothing of his chops) bring satisfying depth and breadth to all his music.”
Sun 2/23: Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band at Empty Bottle
