A pretty busy week all around, and another jam-packed Sunday of options.
THURSDAY, July 18: Toni Lynn Washington part of free Quincy concert
The 6 p.m. free concert at the Ruth Gordon Amphitheater in Quincy has the theme of Ladies of Blues and Soul, and Toni Lynn Washington is one of the stars. Rock songsmith Freedy Johnston at City Winery in Boston. Uncle John's Banjo jams at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke. Jessie's Girl offers your favorites from the 1980s at Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis. Double bill at The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge with Abbie Barrett, and reggae kings Pressure Cooker. Folksinger Cecilia Zabala at Club Passim in Harvard Square. Americana songwriting at its best with Robbie Fulks and Bill Kirchen at the Narrows Center in Fall River. Whitman's musical man-for-all-seasons Munk Duane at Rivershed in Scituate. The pure pop of Frances Forever at The Sinclair in Cambridge.
FRIDAY, July 19: Toronzo Cannon bringing the blues to Norwood
The 7 p.m. free concert at The Launch at Hingham Shipyard features he country-rock sounds of Blame the Whiskey. A punk rock showcase at The C Note in Hull, topped by Scotty Saints and the True Believers. The state's leading purveyors of disco, Booty Vortex, celebrate their 20th anniversary with a whole weekend of dance jams at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke. The Pretenders headline MGM Music Hall in Boston. Jams will be epic when Phish opens their three-night stand at The Xfinity Center in Mansfield. Taylor's Version is a celebration of you-know-who's music at Brighton Music Hall. Sam Reider and the Human Hands for Americana at Club Passim. Hip hop contingent The Lox take over Roadrunner in Allston. The Blue Ribbons rock The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. Don't forget blues guitarist extraordinaire Toronzo Cannon at The Fallout Shelter in Norwood. New Jersey power popsters The Early November visit The Sinclair in Cambridge. Lovesexy – the Prince tribute – gets down at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton. Fo Da 99's and 2000's plays the not-so-old hits at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Hey 19 – the Steely Dan tribute – at City Winery in Boston. Road trip: Arizona's peerless country-rockers Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers arrive at Off the Rails in Worcester.
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SATURDAY, July 20: Joan Osborne takes stage in Fall River
Country star Kane Brown takes over Fenway Park, and you can catch an after-show with homegrown country singer Annie Brobst at The House of Blues in Boston. Rumours – the Fleetwood Mac tribute – delights the crowd at The South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset. Rock songwriter Joan Osborne lights up the Narrows Center in Fall River. Plymouth's David Hull, who's played with Joe Perry, Aerosmith, and even Buddy Miles, brings his own Dirty Angels to The Fallout Shelter in Norwood. Learn to Speak rocks The C Note in Hull. Field Day is the rock band that features Joan Anderman, who used to be a music writer before she went straight, at The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. Hardcore punk rock with Have Heart at Roadrunner in Boston. Rap's Rick Ross tells it like it is at Big Night Live in Boston. Jake Hill deals in country, punk and hip hop at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. TV's Seth Meyers headlines the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis. Boston-area roots music legend Dinty Child at Club Passim in Cambridge. The Brothers Project celebrates the Allman Brothers Band at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton. Comedian Tasha K at City Winery in Boston. Hot Freaks is the indie rock quintet from Minneapolis that saw their popularity skyrocket when a 10-year-old single, "Puppy Princess," went viral on Tik Tok – catch them at Brighton Music Hall. Road trip: worth a trip to Beverly to The Cabot for the ageless soul icon Dionne Warwick.
Sunday afternoon's music at the John Alden Sportsman's Club in Plymouth at 1 p.m. features local bluesman Willie J. Laws Jr. and Italy's Roberto Morbioli. Sunday night, Washington, D.C., blues icons The Nighthawks perform a show dedicated to the late New Hampshire bluesman Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson at The Fallout Shelter in Norwood; The Foo Fighters rock Fenway Park in Boston; Los Angeles rock quintet The Strike hits Brighton Music Hall; The Old Crow Medicine Show, with Molly Tuttle opening, hosts a hoedown at Roadrunner in Boston; John Lodge from The Moody Blues is in concert at Memorial Hall in Plymouth; Comic Brian Glowacki is at Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis; Nutmeg State rockers Have a Nice Life stop off at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston; and the folk group known as The Crane Wives harmonize at Royale in Boston.
Coming attractions
TUESDAY: Perhaps the best rock pairing of the summer when Santana and Counting Crows fire up The Xfinity Center in Mansfield; while rock songwriter Jackie Greene is at City Winery in Boston; and area rockers I Draw Slow take over The Fallout Shelter in Norwood.
WEDNESDAY: Don't forget the weekly good time soirees at Roht Marine in Scituate are back, with Aldous Collins the bandmaster; Southern rockers Needtobreathe headline The South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset; folk-rocker Allan Rayman at Brighton Music Hall; and rock and pop songsmith Gavin DeGraw takes the stage at Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis.
JULY 25: A night for reggae royalty when Mighty Mystic arrives at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke; Christopher Cross sings at Cary Hall in Lexington.
JULY 26: The Spire Center in Plymouth swings back into action with Peter Yarrow, from the legendary Peter, Paul & Mary; Cheryl Wheeler opens a weekend at Club Passim in Cambridge.
JULY 27: Canadian Americana star Kathleen Edwards and her band hit the Spire Center in Plymouth; Redd Kross gets down at Brighton Music Hall; the premier Rolling Stones tribute, The Blushing Brides, return to The C Note in Hull.
AUG. 2: Eaglemania checks out of the Hotel California to play Memorial Hall in Plymouth; while African music titans Ladysmith Black Mambazo harmonize at the Narrows Center in Fall River.
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