Southern African singer/guitarist Jonathan Butler, best remembered for the 1980s hit “Lies,” has been regularly releasing albums, with his 28th project, “Ubuntu,” arriving last year.
JONATHAN BUTLER
AUG 15 • 6:30 & 8:30PM
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Lizz Wright: On this year’s “Shadow,” her ninth album and first for her own Blues and Greens label, the sultry singer-turned-Chicago chef resides in her songs, whether grief-filled blues (“Sweet Feeling”), a string-bathed romantic standard (Cole Porter’s “I Concentrate on You”) or melancholy folk (Sandy Denny’s “Who Knows Where the Time Goes”). It’s a deeply enthralling album dipping into jazz, folk, R&B, gospel and blues with such guests as Angelique Kidjo, Meshell Ndegeocello and Brandee Younger.
LIZZ WRIGHT
AUG 16 • 7PM
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Los Angeles jazz keyboardist Lao Tizer leads an all-star band that includes extraordinary violinist Karen Briggs, saxophonist Eric Marienthal and “American Idol” singer Elliott Yamin.
LAO TIZER BAND feat. KAREN BRIGGS, ELLIOTT YAMIN & ERIC MARIENTHAL
AUG 17 • 7PM
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It’s an election year so don’t be surprised if thoughtful rabble-rouser and trenchant Americana music maker Steve Earle gets more political than usual.