PORTLAND, Maine — Aimsel Ponti is the music writer for the Portland Press Herald and joined us in the studio to preview some upcoming concerts around the state.
SHOW: Boston Dance Theater presents The Carol Kaye Project
WHEN & WHERE: Friday and Saturday (June 9, 10) at Space in Portland
TICKETS: $32 in advance, $35 day of
SHOW: Yo La Tengo
WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday, June 13 at State Theatre in Portland.
TICKETS: $30 in advance, $35 the day of the show.
INFO: Indie rock band Yo La Tengo is just shy of its 40th anniversary. The Hoboken trio released its 17th album, "This Stupid World," on Feb. 10. Musicians Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew made the album themselves without an outside producer and achieved their goal of creating a live-sounding collection of nine songs, including the atmospheric single "Fallout" and the scorching opener "Sinatra Drive Breakdown."
SHOW: Dave Matthews Band
WHEN & WHERE: Friday, June 16 at the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor
TICKETS: $38.50 to $138.50
SHOW: The Platters
WHEN & WHERE: Friday, June 16 at the Vinegar Hill Music Theatre in Arundel
TICKETS: $65, $75
Hits include "Only You," "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "The Great Pretender," and "Twilight Time." The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1967, including four number-one hits.
LIGHTNING ROUND
1. Sunny War at The Strand in Rockland on June 23.
2. Ellis Paul at One Longfellow Square on June 23.
3. Rufus Wainwright, July 1 at Criterion Theater in Bar Harbor with Lucy Wainright Roche and Lyle Divinsky.
4. Gina & The Red Eye Flight Crew every Monday night at Portland House of Music.