Chris Heim’s Music Roundup 3.24.10

Acclaimed singer-songwriters, reggae veterans, a whole mess o' blues bands and the Queen of Rockabilly are among the acts appearing around the region this week. We run down some of the best in this edition of the Music Roundup. Listen to the Music Roundup Wednesdays on Morning Edition for selected concert picks and a variety of music-related features, reviews and special reports – and check here for the area’s most comprehensive regional concert listings.
CONCERT LISTINGS:
March
24: Black Eyed Peas - Sprint Center, Kansas City
25: Bill Lupkin - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
26: Joe Bonamassa - Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City
Original Wailers - Voodoo Lounge, Kansas City
Del Castillo Band - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Eric Church - Cotillion, Wichita
Michelle Monger - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
TUF - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Kinsey Report - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Uche - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
27: Patty Griffin/Buddy Miller - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
Wanda Jackson - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Marley's Ghost - Iron Horse, El Dorado
Twitzid - Cotillion, Wichita
The Original Wailers - Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
Josh Garrett and the Bottom Line - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Angela Hagenbach - Blue Room, Kansas City
100 Years of Broadway - Fox Theatre, Hutchinson
Jason Boland and the Stragglers - Granada, Lawrence
Nikki Moddelmogg - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
28: Mike Moreno Quartet - Downtown Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, Topeka
31: Taylor Swift - Ford Center, Oklahoma City
Wednesdays In Wiedemann with Lynne Davis - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita

April
1: Sara Hickman CD release show - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Damon Fowler - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Faculty Artist Series presents The Wichita Brass Quintet - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
2: G. Love and Special Sauce - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
KAAA Acoustic Showcase - City Arts, Wichita
Jade Smith and Preston Girard - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Zoso - Cotillion, Wichita
Taylor Swift - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Raul Malo - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
3: True North - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Jed Marum - Iron Horse, El Dorado
Watermelon Slim, JP Soars, TUF - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
6: Castro, Klein, Young Trio - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
7: Walter Trout - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
8: Tim McGraw - BOK Center, Tulsa
Karrin Allyson - Jardine's, Kansas City
Leon Redbone - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
9: Monte Montgomery - All Soul Acoustic Coffeehouse, Tulsa
Elliot Road
Marcia Ball - Sooner Theatre, Norman
George Strait/Reba McEntire - Sprint Center, Kansas City
10: Bayley Kate & the BlueGills - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Omar Dykes - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Diane Schuur - Fox Theatre, Hutchinson
Cosy Sheridan and TR Ritchie - Iron Horse, El Dorado
11: Fred Eaglesmith/Ginn Sisters - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
AC/DC - Sprint Center, Kansas City
12: Nicholas Altobelli - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Arctic Monkeys - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
13: Fred Eaglesmith - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Rowan - Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City
Kronos Quartet - Lied Center, Lawrence
WSU Symphony Orchestra with Dr. Andrew Trechak, Piano - Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita
Arctic Monkeys - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Bon Jovi - BOK Center, Tulsa
14: Puddle of Mudd/Saliva - Cotillion, Wichita
15: Cross Canadian Ragweed - Cotillion, Wichita
16: Ani Difranco - Beaumont Club, Kansas City
Junior Brown - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Jason Boland and the Stragglers CD release show - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
17: Clayton Brothers Quintet - Gem Theatre, Kansas City
Raging Sea - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Alison Brown - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
Split Lip Rayfield - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Citizen Cope - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton - Iron Horse, El Dorado
18: Bernard Allison - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
The Whigs - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Lupe Fiasco - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
20: Faculty Artist Series: Lieurance Woodwind Quintet - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
21: Jimmy LaFave - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Mark Knopfler - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
The Former Texas Playboys - Sooner Theatre, Norman
Phoenix - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City
22: Smokin' Joe Kubek - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Steve Martin - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
23: Les Claypool - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Flaming Lips - Sandstone, Bonner Springs
Hot Club of Cowtown - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
24: Nickelback - BOK Center, Tulsa
Bill & Kate Isles - Iron Horse, El Dorado
Leon Russell Birthday Bash - Osage Event Center, Tulsa
Christian McBride Inside Straight - Folly Theatre, Kansas City
25: Chris Botti - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
Anne Hampton Callaway - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
26: Nickelback - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Public Image Limited - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
27: Jeff Beck - Brady Theatre, Tulsa
WSU Madrigal Singers, Chamber Singers and Women's Ensemble - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
28: Jeff Beck - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
29: Ronnie Baker Brooks - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Faculty Artist Series: Harold Popp, Trombone - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
30: Tribute to Duke Ellington - Gem Theatre, Kansas City
Split Lip Rayfield - Bottleneck, Lawrence
Leon Russell - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra: Sweet Kansas City - Folly Theatre, Kansas City