TRIBUTE | Guys & Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss
w/ John Holenko, Bob Culver, Brad Edwardson, Bill Carson, Tyler Ross, Rob Williams, Ian Glaosen, Aaron Levy
Sun. Nov. 4
7 p.m.
$15/adv., $17/door
Charleston
Music Hall
The “Women & …” concert series at the Charleston Music Hall has been successful enough to allow for some variation on the theme. Late last year, the series’ co-organizers Lindsay Holler and Hazel Ketchum invited some male collaborators on board for a tribute to Dolly Parton called “Dudes & Dolly.” Now, a group of men are taking on Americana folk star Gillian Welch’s critically acclaimed catalog, along with songs by Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss. “I love Gillian’s music,” Ketchum says, “Lindsay and I both do. We love her songwriting. But she’s rarely performed by herself; she typically has (collaborator) David Rawlings with her. So those harmonies, and how they present the songs are so unique, and powerful and beautiful that we thought it would be interesting to mix that up and push those parts around.” Ketchum says that curating and performing in the series has been a great ride, especially when the shows take on artists she wasn’t as familiar with. “A good example of that is David Bowie,” she says. “I liked his music before, but I was so surprised by the depth of musicianship, and his writing, and it was also fun to sing. It never would’ve occurred to me to sing any of those songs unless I’d been forced into it, and I discovered all these great things.”
—Vincent Harris SUNDAY
FESTIVAL | The 5th Annual
Folly Beach Porch Fest
w/ Teresa Parriah, Joe Gallagher, Jr., Chillbillies, Danielle Howle, Phil Frandino, Eddy Boston, Whitney Hanna, Bender Folk, Andrew Stafford, Thomas Champagne, John Rowland, Fleming Moore, Erik Swartz, Nick Shelton, Jeff Dent, Nathan Calhoun, Mike Martin, Speaking in Tunes, James Crow, Bluegrass Buddies
Sat. Nov. 3
1 p.m.
Free
120 W Arctic Ave.
210 W Ashley Ave.
112 W Ashley Ave.
105 E Huron Ave.
211 E Hudson Ave.
This is the 5th, and biggest year for the Folly Beach Porch Fest, and it’s expanded from a simple homespun show into a 20-band event with musicians performing simultaneously in five different neighborhoods and business districts around Folly Beach. It’s a bit dazzling for the festival’s organizers, Eddy Boston and Teresa Parriah, but they’ve been able to get the festival organized each year thanks to a group of steadfast volunteers. “They’re so enthusiastic that, I don’t want to say that it organizes itself, but people are so willing to help out the musicians that it takes surprisingly little work to get it done,” Boston says. “We typically start planning in August for a November festival, which, if you think about it, for 20 different bands in five different locations, is a pretty short amount of time.” The festival features everything from solo acoustic folk performers to bluegrass to straight-ahead rock bands, but Boston says there’s a common theme among the artists he and Parrish choose. “The goal is to have local musicians, either from Folly Beach or the surrounding area,” he says. “And we try to make it about giving people a chance to play who wouldn’t otherwise have one; musicians who haven’t established themselves in the local scene yet.” —Vincent Harris SATURDAY
FOLK PUNK | Haunters
w/ Catholics, Kissel, Living Dead
Tue. Nov. 6
9 p.m.
$5
The Royal American
With the ghostly sound of Haunters, Jonathan Minor found himself alone, and liberated, as an artist. “I’ve been in bands since I was 16 years old and I’m 31 now, so about half my life,” he says. “As a solo project, I’m able to kind of do whatever I want.” The indie sound of Haunters is something that Minor has wanted to take a crack at for years. He lists his songwriting influences for the project as Superchunk, Jawbreaker, and Against Me! “Blend In” has the plucky bounce and downer aesthetic that you would expect from a band called Haunters. “I have relatively common themes about feeling vulnerable and kind of wanting to escape,” says Minor. “Some of the songs are really old, dating back to 2007 being the oldest one.” Live, the guitarist changes up the lineup from a full band to the occasional solo show. His latest album Listless//Stranded is his first official release. —Heath Ellison TUESDAY
PARTY FUNK | Otonana Trio
Fri. Nov. 2
9 p.m.
$5
The Sparrow
Otonana Trio are either ridiculously cheerful or cheerfully ridiculous. Hailing from the Land of the Rising Sun, the mix of funk-jazz-punk is a strange assortment of nimble musicianship and bizarre topics, like wars between ramen shops and what the word “sensei” means. “It’s Japanese music that tends to be funkier than others and has a comedy aspect to it,” says guitarist Kentaro Saito. “It’s a real party band from Japan.” Saito admits that some of his subject matter comes to him when he’s “really drunk.” Sure, in content, that seems plausible, but as musicians, each member of the band has to be as sober as possible. Saito’s playing style on the six string is funk at its most fun and jazz at its fastest. Drummer Hikari Kuroda delivers arm snapping grooves and solos, and bassist Kazuhisa Maekawa shows the Primus influence that the band harps on.
—Heath Ellison FRIDAY
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