Music Roundup:
Chris Heim’s Music Roundup 6.2.10
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In this edition of the Music Roundup: In defense of polka!
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CONCERT LISTINGS:
June
3: Styx, Foreigner and Kansas - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
4: Pieta Brown - Bottleneck, Lawrence
Tas Cru - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Larry Newsom - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Black Keys - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Brave Combo - Cotillion, Wichita
5: John Hammond - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
Jim White/Sam Baker - Folly Theatre, Kansas City
Wild Women of Kansas City - Jardine’s, Kansas City
Tulsa Blues Expo - Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
Albert Castiglia - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Let’s Band Together for Pat Benefit - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
6: Albert Castiglia - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Elephant Revival - Lions Park, Norman
Trio Globo - Chamber Music at the Barn, Prairie Pines
Strange Days Tour featuring Tech N9ne - Cotillion, Wichita
7: Pink Martini - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
8: Strange Days Tour featuring Tech N9ne - Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City
9: Strange Days Tour featuring Tech N9ne - Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa
George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
10: New Riders of the Purple Sage - Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
50 Cent - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
Duke Robillard - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Smokey Hill River Festival - Oakdale Park, Salina (THRU 6.13)
11: Joe Ely - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Gladstone Summertime Blues Festival - Gladstone, Mo
Tim McGraw - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
Original Wailers - Granada, Lawrence
Levee Town - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Josh Vowell and the Rumble - The Office, Topeka
Pieta Brown/Truckstop Honeymoon - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Jason and the Scorchers - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Peter Carp/Sue Foley - Rock Island Live, Wichita
12: Roy Bookbinder - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Joe Ely - All Soul Acoustic Coffeehouse, Tulsa
Lyle Lovett/Kansas City Symphony - Symphony in the Flint Hills SOLD OUT
Delores and the Pickin’ Fretters - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Tinsley Ellis/JoshVowell and the Rumble - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
The Wilders - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
13: Joe Ely - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Tab Benoit - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Granada, Lawrence
Tim McGraw - Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City
Michael Franti and Spearhead - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
MGMT - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City
Marilyn Maye - Jardine’s, Kansas City (THRU 6.16 and 6.18)
14: Psychedelic Furs - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
15: Jewel/Radney Foster - Rose State Performing Arts Center, Oklahoma City
16: Peter Karp/Sue Foley - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Go For Baroque - Chamber Music at the Barn, Prairie Pines (THRU 6.18)
Jewel/Radney Foster - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
17: Jewel/Radney Foster - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
America - Lucky Star Casino, Concho
18: Guy Forsyth Band - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Mark Horton and Nikki Moddelmog - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Morris Day and Time - Lucky Star Casino, Concho
Stacie Collins - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Little Texas - Cotillion, Wichita
Marcia Ball - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Mem Shannon - Parkville River Jam, Kansas City
19: Slaid Cleaves - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Mem Shannon - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Drive-By Truckers - Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa
20: Trombone Shorty and New Orleans Avenue - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Danny O’Keefe - Lions Park, Norman
22: Michael Buble - BOK Center, Tulsa
23: Indigenous - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Michael Buble - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
24: Nick Curran and the Lowlifes - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Subdudes - Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
Euforquestra - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
25: Subdudes - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
JJ Grey and Mofro/Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Josh Garrett and the Bottomline - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
The Temptations - Showplace Theatre, Norman
Roger Daltry - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
Uriah Heep - Star Pavilion, Kansas City
26: Josh Vowell and the Rumble - Roughnecks Bar, Topeka
Joe Moss - Rock Island Live, Wichita
Biscuit Miller - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Erick Mallory - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Bottleneck, Lawrence
Michael Buble - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Amy Lavere and the Waybacks - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
27: Tim McGraw - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Henry Rollins Frequent Flyer Tour - Cotillion, Wichita
30: Ana Popovic - Rock Island Live, Wichita
Henry Rollins Frequent Flyer Tour - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
Matt Combs - Chamber Music at the Barn, Prairie Pines (THUR 7.2)
July
1: Ana Popovic - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Rush - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
2: Back Porch Blues Band - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Miss Blues and the Blue Notes - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
3: Miss Blues and the Blue Notes - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
4: Santana/Stevie Wonder - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
5: Levon Helm/Justin Townes Earle - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
8: Paul Thorn/Slaid Cleaves - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Dar Williams/Sara Watkins/Carrie Rodriguez - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
9: Homemade Jamz Concert - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Sara Evans - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Lyle Lovett - Showplace Theatre, Norman
10: Terry Allen/Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
11: REO Speedwagon/Pat Benatar - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
John McEuen - Andrews Park Amphitheatre, Norman
Lyle Lovett - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
13: REO Speedwagon/Pat Benatar - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
Weird Al Yankovic - Cotillion, Wichita
Jackie Allen - Jardine’s, Kansas City
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Sprint Center, Kansas City
15: Lilith - Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone, Bonner Springs
Weird Al Yankovic - Brady Theatre, Tulsa
16: Jeff Hamilton Trio - Jardine’s, Kansas City (ALSO 7.17)
Laurie Morvan - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Robert Plant - Brady Theatre, Kansas City
17: Jimmy Thackeray - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Platinum Express - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
18: Emmylou Harris - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
Chicago/Doobie Brothers - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
Alaturka - Jardine’s, Kansas City
Big Smith - Andrews Park Amphitheatre, Norman
20: Lady Gaga - Ford Center, Oklahoma City (SOLD OUT)
22: Rascal Flatts - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
23: Walter Trout - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
RocknAmerica Festival - Zoo Amphiteatre, Oklahoma City (THRU 7.25)
Rascal Flatts - BOK Center, Tulsa
24: Chubby Carrier - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
25: New Pornographers - Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa
26: The New Pornographers - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
29: Old 97s/Lucero - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
30: Los Lonely Boys - Voodoo Lounge, Kansas City
