Fab Five (the other four)
Trio harmonies
Saturday, Jan. 21, offers a choice — boys or girls style.
Canadian trio The Good Lovelies (are we the only ones who’ve noticed the abundance of talented girl folk groups coming from north of the border?) virtually sparkle with crystalline harmonies and engaging, cheerful countenances.
Self-accompanied on a variety of stringed instruments, the ladies have three records of original material and are poised to make hay outside of their home country — starting with Columbus, as CityMusic presents them at the Lincoln Theatre. (Founder Steve Rosenberg likened the girls to a modern-day Andrews Sisters.)
As for the boys, country-pop superstars and local boys done good Rascal Flatts plays Nationwide Arena, with opener Sara Evans. Tickets are $60.25-$26.25. Visit www.nationwidearena.com.
Joy and sorrow
A few years ago, Harlem Gospel Choir founder Allen Bailey described the ensemble to The Beat thusly: "It's 90 minutes of nonstop, foot-stomping, hand-clapping entertainment.”
If that’s not joy, we don’t know what is. And that joyfulness is part of the bigger-than-just-music picture the HGC paints through its very existence — nearly 25 years of sharing the combined talents of some of the finest singers from churches in Harlem with the world.
The choir performs Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $30/$25.50. Visit www.capa.com.
By the same token, if a band casts itself as a “doom metal” act, well, there you go. And YOB is among the most accomplished of the genre, trudging and careening its way through epic metal riffology.
YOB plays Ace of Cups, with openers Mockingbird and White Wolves, Thursday, Jan. 26. Tickets are $10/$13. Visit www.starwoodpresentsinfo.webs.com.
Tradition
In the mid-to-late 1800s, many European composers became students of and influenced by the folk traditions of their homelands. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra examines this in its Jan. 20-21 programs at the Ohio Theatre, and guest conductor Rossen Milanov and guest pianists Anna Polonsky and Orion Weiss lead a concert of music by Kodály, Poulenc and Prokofiev.
(BONUS: The CSO is joined by violin star Gil Shaham for a one-night-only concert Thursday, July 26, at the Southern Theatre. Tickets are $68-$28.)
No one does tradition like Tevye — as in, Fiddler on the Roof. The national tour, featuring veteran actor John Preece, stops at New Albany’s McCoy Center for the Arts Thursday, Jan. 26. Tickets are $35 — but the waiting list for this sold-out show is growing. Visit www.mccoycenter.org.
Postmodern pop
The current Los Campesinos! bio suggests that “the youngsters that made You! Me! Dancing! are long gone.” This made The Beat sad, because that’s about as beautiful a piece of lo-fi stuff as we’ve heard.
But the Welsh septet has refined its sound and its scope, and to great effect — dig the new Hello Sadness record. Or just check ’em out live at Skully’s Music Diner Wednesday, Jan. 25. Tickets are $14/$15. Visit www.bencopresents.com.
Quiet Corral is a neat twist on minimalist pop-rock, adding — via a Midwestern earthiness — a depth and warmth often lost in the genre.
Kopecky Family opens for Quiet Corral Thursday, Jan, 26, at The Basement. Tickets are $5. Visit www.promowestlive.com.
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