Marshall Tucker Band, Tove Lo highlight this week’s live music in the Triangle
There’s something for everyone this week with some pop, blues, indie-rock, Southern rock and punk.
The Marshall Tucker Band
The details: Jan. 31, 8 p.m. The Ritz, 2820 Industrial Drive, Raleigh. Tickets start at $20. 919-424-1400 or ritzraleigh.com
Nearly a half-century has passed since the Marshall Tucker Band formed in Spartanburg, S.C. “Heard It in a Love Song” and “Fire on the Mountain” are just some of the hits the band has had over its long career. More than 25 members of the band have come and gone but the lone original member, Doug Gray, remains. Gray still takes time to meet fans after every show.
“The stories I hear are incredible,” Gray told the Atlantic City Weekly in 2013. “The fans tell me how much the songs impact their lives. They tell me stories about how Marshall Tucker songs are played at weddings and funerals and other meaningful events. That just really hits me so hard. It’s great when an audience appreciates what you do and there’s no doubt that’s the case for Marshall Tucker and its fans.”
Tove Lo
The details: Feb. 5, 8 p.m. The Ritz, 2820 Industrial Drive, Raleigh. Tickets start at $30. 919-424-1400 or ritzraleigh.com
“Sunshine Kitty,” the latest album from Swedish singer-songerwriter Tove Lo, is filled with songs exuding warmth and energy about lust and love. Who does Lo love as a recording artist? When Rolling Stone asked her to name the artist of the decade, she went with Lorde. “She paved the way for a whole new wave of female artists who were writing themselves and writing from a more genuine, melancholic place,” she said in December.
G. Love and Special Sauce
The details: Jan. 31, 8:30 p.m. Haw River Ballroom, 1711 Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Road, Saxapahaw. Jontavious Willis will open. Tickets are $25, 336-525-2314 or hawriverballroom.com
Blues-rockers G. Love and Special Sauce are out behind “The Juice,” their latest freewheeling batch of tunes. Garrett Dutton, aka G. Love, is always about being unique.
“I think that the most important thing you can do is be original,” Dutton told Live Music, News and Review last year. “You have to keep pushing yourself as an artist to change and elevate your game and creativity. For me personally, I follow my music. The songwriting process and what is currently in my heart and soul dictate what my direction will be. One thing I can say is you never want to chase something that is trending.”
Jawbox
The details: Feb. 1, 9 p.m. Cat’s Cradle, 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. Hammered Hulls will open. Tickets start at $28. 919-967-9053 or catscradle.com
One of the finest and also one of the most unsung punk bands of the ‘90s has reunited. Jawbox became an underground sensation and eventually found a home at a major label before hanging it up in 1997.
“A lot of things that destroy bands didn’t bring us down,” vocalist-Bill Barbot told Alternative Press last February. “There was a collaborative mutual decision to stop playing as Jawbox when we quit. There wasn’t a lot of drama in our original breakup, so it wasn’t that hard to come back together.”
Beach Fossils
The details: Jan. 31, 9 p.m. Cat’s Cradle. Tickets start at $18.
Lo-fi indie rockers, who craft catchy and clever tunes, are definitely a band to watch.
This story was originally published January 28, 2020 at 4:01 PM with the headline "Marshall Tucker Band, Tove Lo highlight this week’s live music in the Triangle."