5 Live Music Musts - April 29, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016
Ken Abrams, GoLocalProv Music Critic
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Caroline Cotter Appears in Providence Saturday Night
As always, "5 Live Music Musts" brings you some of the best in live local music. If you love the sounds of the 1990’s, head to Foxwoods tonight for the best 90’s R&B and Hip Hop. Tomorrow night, there’s blues at Chans with Anthony Gomes and a homecoming show for rising folk star Caroline Cotter. Round out the weekend Sunday at Fete with Boston rockers House on Cliff. Check out our slide show below for all the details.
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Caroline Cotter in PVD
Caroline Cotter is a Providence born and Lincoln School educated folksinger who returns home tomorrow for a benefit show for the Peace Flag Project at the Lincoln School Music Center. Cotter’s songwriting is inspired by her life experiences – she has lived and worked on 28 countries on 5 continents over the past 10 years and writes songs in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Sanskrit. Her recent album Dreaming As I Do reached #5 on the folk charts with the song Bella Blue hitting #2. Tickets are $25 for the 7:30 show.
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Anthony Gomes at Chan's
Highly praised Canadian guitarist Anthony Gomes brings the blues to Chan’s this weekend with two big shows tonight and tomorrow. Celebrated by publications like Billboard and Downbeat, the Toronto native is considered to be among the top blues artists in the world. He plays both nights at 8PM. Tickets are $20 here.
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I Love the 90's
The “I Love the 90’s” tour stops off tonight at Foxwoods with all your favorite 90’s stars … and then some. With an emphasis on rap, hip-hop and R&B, performers includes Vanilla Ice, Salt-n-Pepa, Color Me Badd, Coolio, and many others. With hits like “Let’s Talk About Sex”, “Ice, Ice Baby”, and “Funky Cold Medina”, the show promises to bring back a lot of memories. Tickets start at $60 for the 8PM show in the Grand Theatre at Foxwoods.
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House on the Rise Tour
House on Cliff is a Boston rock band formed in 2013. Over the past couple of years, they’ve toured the USA and Europe and Sunday night they’ll be at Fete in Providence. They’ll be joined by The Rise of the Broken, another up and coming pop/rock band. Doors at 7PM, tickets 10 in advance, $12 at the door.
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Tashi Dorji at MWM
Machine’s with Magnets in Pawtucket is part recording studio, part live performance space. Sunday night, they’ve got a very cool show with several bands including Bhutanese born guitarist Tashi Dorji, Marisa Anderson, Horse Lords and Wind & Ghosts. Pitchfork called Dorji and Anderson’s recent release, one of the best experimental albums of 2015. We agree. Check them out Sunday night beginning around 9PM.
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