PORTLAND, Maine — Aimsel Ponti is the music writer for the Portland Press Herald and joined us in the studio to preview upcoming concerts in Maine.
SHOW: Reverend Horton Heat with Jittery Jack and Big Sandy
WHEN & WHERE: Thursday, Sept. 19 @ Alumni Hall at the Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney
COST: $29.50 in advance, $35 day of show
DETAILS: The Reverend Horton Heat is the psychobilly (rockabilly fused with punk rock) artist James C. Heath and his trio. Punk, rock, country, rockabilly, surf, big band and swing. Yee Haw!
SHOW: Gentleman Brawlers
WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, Sept. 21. Strand Theatre in Rockland
COST: $22 in advance, $25 day of show
DETAILS: Afrofunk and indie dance grooves: disco-based horn lines, sticky highlife guitar, and polyrhythms from West Africa, Trinidad, and Brazil
SHOW: Heather Pierson Trio
WHEN & WHERE: Friday, Sept 27 @ Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield
COST: $25
DETAILS: Heather’s new album is called “Back To The Light” and its eight songs are terrific!
SHOW: Five for Fighting with string quartet
WHEN & WHERE: Sunday, Oct. 6 @ Waterville Opera House
COST: $39, $49
DETAILS: The only way for a story to progress is to turn the page. John Ondrasik—the songwriter and performer known as the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, Five For Fighting—knows this well. In the two decades since his first major single, "Superman (It's Not Easy)," hit the stratosphere, the artist has both evolved and come back 'round full circle. Creativity, if nothing else, is paradoxical. To date, Five For Fighting has released six studio LPs, along with an EP and live albums. Ondrasik has penned major hits, including the chart-topping "100 Years," "The Riddle," "Chances," "World," and "Easy Tonight," which have earned tens of millions of streams and placed him as a top-10 Hot Adult Contemporary artist for the 2000s.
LIGHTNING ROUND!!
- Divine Sweater @ One Longfellow Square on Saturday, Sept. 21. Divine Sweater is the cutest band in indie. Hailing from Boston, they make dreamy and dynamic music powered by tight vocal harmonies and a healthy dose of groove.
- Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations @ Cadenza in Freeport on Saturday, Sept. 21.
- Angel Olsen Songs from the Archive show at the State Theatre on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
- Eileen Jewell @ Vinegar Hill Music Theatre in Arundel on Thursday, Sept. 26.
- Being Petty, Tom Petty Tribute fronted by Bruce Hilton @ Chocolate Church Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 11.