A little bit of a slow week for music that catches my eye (and/or ear). There are plenty of shows going on, but these are the ones I’d recommend.
I’ll be at the Over the Rhine shows on Saturday, and am thinking about heading out to the Hideout on Friday night. Maybe.
Monday, December 6
Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Tuesday, December 7
Indigo Girls, Shawn Mullins, Chely Wright; House of Blues. 8 pm, $33-38
Wednesday, December 8
Jeffrey Foucault, Hayward Williams; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-22
Thursday, December 9
Lucy Kaplansky, Seth Glier; SPACE. 8 pm, $17-28
Friday, December 10
The Flat Five, Featuring Kelly Hogan, Gerald Dowd, Scott Ligon, KC McDonough and Nora O’Connor; Hideout. 7:30 pm and 10:30 pm, $12
Las Guitarras de Espana, Avanti Guitar Trio; SPACE. 8 pm, $20-25
Badly Drawn Boy, Justin Jones; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out
Jay Brannan, Derek Nelson; Subterranean. 9:30 pm, $15
Saturday, December 11
Over the Rhine, Sarah Siskind; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm and 10 pm, $24-28
Punch Brothers; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $22-25
Chris and Heather’s 2011 Country Calender Show, ft. Nora O’Connor, Robbie and Donna Fulks, Jon Langford, Kelly Hogan, Jane Baxter Miller, The Sanctified Grumblers, and others; FitzGerald’s (6615 Roosevelt Rd.., Berwyn). 9 pm, $20
Sunday, December 12
Punch Brothers; Lincoln Hall. 7 pm, $22-25