Plenty of music to be heard in the area this weekend. Start planning your schedule now
THURSDAY: Martin Sexton takes his band to Fall River
Boston-bred songwriter Martin Sexton and his band at the Narrows Center in Fall River. LovelytheBand rocks Brighton Music Hall. Rap and rock with Cypress Hill at Roadrunner in Allston. Folk singer Louisa Stancioff at Club Passim in Harvard Square. Yam Yam and Dizgo – that's two separate bands – jam at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke. Songsmith Seth Glier at the Spire Center in Plymouth. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is at The Wilbur Theater in Boston, through Sunday. Country chartbuster The Brothers Osborne at MGM Music Hall in Boston. Guitarist Kyran Daniel at The RegattaBar in Cambridge. Heavy metal from Texas, when the band called Kublai Khan Tx hits The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Kotoko Brass brings world music to The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. Comic Steve Sweeney tops a benefit program at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton.
FRIDAY, April 19: Joe Louis Walker takes over Spire Center
The sizzling rock and blues of guitarist Joe Louis Walker sure to light up the Spire Center in Plymouth. Americana songwriter Putnam Murdock is at the South Shore Folk Music Club at First Parish in Duxbury. A Wreckless Wreck Chords showcase with five bands, topped by the intriguingly named Witches Tears at The C Note in Hull. Boston University-bred rockers Drop Nineteens are back together at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Disco-era revivalists Booty Vortex return to Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke. Jazz fusion artist Christian McNeill has a new album to celebrate at the Fallout Shelter in Norwood. Hip hopper Atmosphere at the House of Blues in Boston. Classic rock with The North Country Road Band at Proof 22 in Plymouth. The Canadian pop duo Hippie Sabotage at Roadrunner in Boston. Medfield jazz guitarist Mitch Selib's Quartet at The RegattaBar in Cambridge. The Brooklyn indie-rock band dubbed A Great Big Pile of Leaves headlines The Sinclair in Cambridge. Oregon rockers STRFKR shake up Royale in Boston. Indie pop songwriter Marielle Kraft at Cafe 939 in Boston. Vermont songsmith Hans Williams at Brighton Music Hall. Comedian Matt Rife opens a three-night stand at MGM Music Hall in Boston. Sticky Sweet – a tribute to Def Leppard – at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton.
SATURDAY, April 20: Ana Popovic takes stage in Plymouth
Blues guitar siren Ana Popovic heats up the Spire Center in Plymouth. The best of 1980s rock from Boston when The Nervous Eaters and Robin Lane perform at the Narrows Center in Fall River. The premier Aerosmith tribute, Draw the Line, touches down at The C Note in Hull. The folk trio known as Mad Agnes plays at the Rose Garden Coffeehouse in Mansfield. The Memphis Soul Orchestra grooves at the Fallout Shelter in Norwood. Country singer Jayden Westland does a 2 p.m. set at Proof 22 in Plymouth. Celebrating 4-20: Duppy Conquerors celebrate Bob Marley at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke; Dub Apocalypse gets down at The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge; while The Dirty Water Dance Band does a tribute to Bob Marley at The Music Room in Yarmouth. Suzanne McNeil sings at Mamma Mia's in Marshfield. Emo singer Taylor Acorn stops off at Brighton Music Hall. Latin jazz titans Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo join forces at The RegattaBar in Cambridge. Club Passim features the folk troika of Rachael Davis, R.O. Shapiro and Zak Bunce. The Mumblers rock The Next Page Cafe in Weymouth. Lebanese pop trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and his band headline The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Brian Simpson and Steve Oliver jam at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. Beautiful Losers – a tribute to the music of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band – has sold out their show at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton.
SUNDAY, April 21: The Shady Roosters crow in Plymouth
Sunday music starts early with The Shady Roosters at the Spire Center in Plymouth (2 p.m.); then the Michele Rockwell Band hosting the blues jam at Players in Rockland (4-8 p.m.). Sunday night, look for Australian pop duo The Veronicas at Royale in Boston; while Ontario alt-rockers Arm's Length hit the Paradise Rock Club in Boston; and The Fab Four's tribute to The Beatles takes over Memorial Hall in Plymouth.
MONDAY:The Emo Orchestra headlines The Wilbur Theater in Boston.
TUESDAY: British rock sextet Black Country, New Road arrives at Royale in Boston; while rapper Benny the Butcher performs at the House of Blues in Boston.
WEDNESDAY: Augustana, the rock band from San Diego (via Illinois) whose biggest hit was 2006's "Boston," are back and at Brighton Music Hall; while rapper Prof takes over Royale in Boston; Me First and the Gimme Gimmes shake it out at Big Night Live in Boston; and the all-female tribute Zepparella thunders into The Music Room Cape Cod in Yarmouth.
APRIL 25:Uli Jon Roth, the guitarist you know from The Scorpions, brings his solo band to the Narrows Center in Fall River; while Judas Priest rattles the rafters at MGM Music Hall in Boston.
APRIL 26:Waxahatchee, the alt-country group based on Katie Crutchfield's songwriting, has a hot new album "Tigers Blood," and they headline Boston's Orpheum Theater; while the Kootenay, British Columbia, roots act Moontricks blasts off at Brighton Music Hall.
MAY 1: South Shore bandleader/painter/bon vivant Aldous Collins headlines the Spire Center in Plymouth's Lobby Series with his solo tunes ... unless ticket sales force them to move him to the main room.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Where to see live music near Quincy and Boston from April 18-21
