Music Roundup:

Chris Heim’s Music Roundup 5.6.09

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CONCERT LISTINGS:
MAY
6: Vienna Teng: Blue Door, Oklahoma City
George Clinton and the PFunk All Stars: Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
WSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble: WSU Miller Concert Hall, Wichita
7: Yonder Mountain String Band: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Reverend Horton Heat: Cotillion, Wichita
MDC/The Cups/Embrace the Kill: The Anchor, Wichita
8: George Clinton and the PFunk Allstars: Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Eldar: Jardines, Kansas City
Wichita River Festival: Downtown Wichita (THRU 5.16)
Cowboy Mouth: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Fleetwood Mac: Sprint Center, Kansas City
Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, Uncle Bo's, Topeka
WSU Annual Oratorio Performance: J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor: WSU Miller Concert Hall, Wichita
9: Poncho Sanchez: Gem Theatre, Kansas City
Ronnie Baker Brooks/Albert Castiglia: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Platinum Express, Uncle Bo's, Topeka
The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash: The Anchor, Wichita
10: Antje Duvekot: Bartlett Arboretum, Belle Plaine
Eldar: Downtown Ramada Hotel, Topeka
Greencards: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Slipknot: Hartman Arena, Park City
13: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult: Record Bar, Kansas City
Toubab Krewe: Bottleneck, Lawrence
14: Rudy Love, Jr.: Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Boulder Acoustic Society: Blue Door, Oklahoma City (ALSO: 5.15. All Soul Acoustic Coffeehouse, Tulsa; 5.16 Iron Horse, El Dorado)
Clutch: Cotillion, Wichita
311: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
15: Jimmy Webb: Blue Door, Oklahoma City (ALSO 5.16)
Chubby Carrier, Uncle Bo's, Topeka
16: Esperanza Spaulding: Folly Theatre, Kansas City
Murali Coryell: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Alan Jackson: Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City
Janiva Magness, Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Bonnie Raitt: Osage Event Center, Tulsa
18: TV on the Radio: Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City
20: B52s: Uptown Theatre, Kansas City (ALSO 5.24 Showplace Theatre, Norman)
21: Cross Canadian Ragweed: Cotillion, Wichita
22: Hal Galper Trio: Blue Room, Kansas City
They Might Be Giants: Beaumont Club, Kansas City
The Insomniacs, Uncle Bo's, Topeka
23: Extra Golden: Record Bar, Kansas City
Robert Earl Keen: Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Junior Brown: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Cheap Trick: Showplace Theatre, Norman
Toad the Wet Sprocket: Voodoo Lounge, Kansas City
Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival: Kurtis Arts Plaza/CQ Blues Stage, Sedan (ALSO 5.24)
Lee McBee and the Confessors, Uncle Bo's, Topeka
24: The Hollyfelds/Calamity Cubes: The Anchor, Wichita
25: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Bartlett Arboretum, Belle Plaine
27: Shinedown/Saving Abel: Cotillion, Wichita
Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction: Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
The Decembrists: Uptown Theatre, Kansas City
28: George Christiansen.: Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Ben Folds: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa (ALSO 5.30 Crossroads KC, Kansas City)
Tech N9ne: Cotillion, Wichita
29: Slaid Cleaves: Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Bruce Katz/Trampled Under Foot/Candye Kane: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Gogol Bordello: Beaumont Club, Kansas City
Sean Carney, Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Jason Ricci and the New Blood, Record Bar, Kansas City (ALSO 5.30 Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Ragman's Wagon: Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
30 Good Question: Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Alferd Packer Memorial String Band: Iron Horse, El Dorado
Hubert Sumlin and the Insomniacs: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Ben Folds: Crossroads KC, Kansas City
31: Anthony Gomes' New Soul Cowboys: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City

JUNE
2: Better Than Ezra: Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
New York Dolls: Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City
4: J.D. Souther: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
REO Speedwagon/Styx: Starlight Theatre, Kansas City (ALSO 6.6 Zoo Amphitheater, Oklahoma City)
5: Band Together for the Mental Health Associate of South Central Kansas: Cotillion, Wichita
Bellamy Brothers: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Bryan Adams: Orpheum Theatre, Wichita (ALSO 6.6 Uptown Theatre, Kansas City
6: UCHE and the Crash Outdoor Concert: Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Asleep at the Wheel: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Belairs: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
7: Robin Trower: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
8: Gregory Isaacs: Beaumont Club, Kansas City
9: Yanni:Voices: Sprint Center, Kansas City
Corey Smith: Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City (ALSO: 6.10 Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa; 6.12 Bottleneck, Lawrence) 10: Yanni: Voices: Hartman Arena, Park City
11: John Lee Hooker Jr.: Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
12: Aggrolites: Beaumont Club, Kansas City
13 Alternate Routes: Bottleneck, Lawrence
KAAA Acoustic Arts in the Park: Riverside Park, Wichita
Big Sandy and the Flyrite Boys: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
14: Kelly Richie: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
The Gondoliers: Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa (THRU 7.1)
15: Wilco: Bricktown Events Center, Oklahoma City
16: Levon Helm : Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
18: Chris Hillman/Herb Pederson: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Lucinda Williams: Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City
19: Greg Brown: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue: Liberty Hall, Lawrence
20: Amanda Lind/Jennifer Petterson/Nikki Moddelmog: Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
The Wilders: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Keith Sweat: Osage Event Center, Tulsa
22: Backyard Tire Fire: Blue Door, Oklahoma City
24: Beatrice Hindley: Chamber Music at the Barn, Prairie Pines (THRU 6.26)
25: C.J. Chenier: Beaumont Club, Kansas City
Curtis Salgado: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Roomful of Blues: Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
26: Del McCoury Band: Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Celtic Women: Sprint Center, Kansas City
27: The Crowsons: Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Coleman Hawkins Legacy Jazz Festival: Washburn University, Topeka
Red Dirt Rangers: Blue Door, Oklahoma City
KAAA Acoustic Arts in the Park: Riverside Park, Wichita
David Allen Coe: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
28: Conor Oberst: Beaumont Club, Kansas City
Anthony Gomes' New Soul Cowboys: Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Chicago/Earth, Wind and Fire: Sprint Center, Kansas City

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