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!

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: 

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

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