Old Blind Dogs makes return to Old Pueblo
Old Blind Dogs is coming back to Tucson on Saturday, March 26, this time for a show with rising American fiddler Jenna Moynihan.
The band this month announced that the recent Berklee College of Music grad will tag along on the Scottish band’s U.S. dates, their first American tour in several years.
Their five-week journey takes them from California to Minnesota, winding through Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. They have three Arizona shows — they were in Prescott on Wednesday and stop in Flagstaff on Friday, March 25, before they pull into the Berger Center for the Performing Arts, 1200 W. Speedway, on the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind campus on Saturday, March 26.
The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $22, or $20 for seniors and Tucson Friends of Traditional Music members through inconcerttucson.tix.com
Teen brings powerful lyricism to Congress
Brooklyn-based, Nova Scotia-born all-female alt-rocker Teen is bringing its just-dropped album “Love Yes” to Club Congress on Thursday, March 24.
Teen is sisters Katherine, Lizzie and Kristina “Teeny” Lieberson — former keyboardist for the Brooklyn band Here We Go Magic and principal Teen songwriter — and drummer Boshra Al Saadi.
The Lieberson sibs are daughters of American classical music composer Peter Lieberson.
Critical acclaim for “Love Yes” includes heavy nods to Kristina Lieberson’s lyrics, which NPR said “take a dramatic leap forward as she analyzes the complexities of aging relationships, sensuality and misogyny that all too often goes unchecked.” Pitchfork opined, “Their lyricism and composition is agile, their communication is as taut and strong as 6-gauge copper wire, and their musicianship is unquestionable. They sound like no-one else, especially on ‘Love Yes.’ ”
“Picture Zappa fronting a dream-pop band,” chimed in New York Observer, which tapped the album as one of its most anticipated of 2016.
Teen is part of an all-girl lineup Thursday night at Club Congress, 310 E. Congress St. Tucson’s lady DJs Mother Tierra, Plastic Disease, Entyce and Mermaid Slut share the billing. Doors open at 9 p.m. and it’s a 21-and-older event. Admission is free.
Also this week at Congress:
• Giant Sand is reuniting on Saturday, March 26, to help “Annie Get Your Git,” a fundraising concert for 21-year-old rising star Annie Dolan, whose guitars were stolen last month. Other veteran artists on the 7 p.m. lineup to aid their colleague include Gabriel Sullivan, Brian Lopez and Louise Le Hir. Admission is a suggested $5 to $10 donation at the door.
Christian hip-hop artist back at Rialto
Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae played a show at Tucson Arena last August.
He’s back this weekend for a gig at Rialto Theatre fresh from winning his second Grammy award and being awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Canada Christian College.
Canada Christian gave him the degree on March 14, making him the youngest in the college’s history to receive an honorary degree.
He brings his “Higher Learning” tour to the Rialto, 318 E. Congress St., at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, with Liz Vice and DJ Promote. Tickets are $25 to $75 at ticketfly.com
Prolific Crosby slated for Fox Theatre show
Legendary is a word that critics love to bandy about in reference to a musician who’s been around a long time. But there are few words that can substitute for legendary when describing singer-songwriter David Crosby, the 74-year-old two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
Consider:
- He’s the founding member of three iconic 1960s bands: The Byrds; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
- Five albums with his fingerprints are among the greatest albums ever produced.
- His solo career stretches almost as far as his time in bands. He cut his first solo album in 1971, seven years after co-founding the Byrds.
- And did we mention he has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice?
Crosby is coming to Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., for a 7:30 p.m. show Friday, March 26. Expect to hear repertoire spanning all aspects of his 50-plus-year career.
Tickets are $32 to $90 through foxtucsontheatre.ticketforce.com
