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Published: Jul 13, 2006

country/blues

Bonnie Raitt/Keb' Mo'

Bonnie Raitt's been rakin' in the raves during her latest tour, which showcases songs from every phase of her blues-making, 30-plus-year career — from old faves like "Angel From Montgomery" to newer numbers like "God Was in the Water." Always a generous performer, Raitt has been pulling opener and kindred spirit Keb' Mo' onstage during her set as well, where he's blown audiences away on Wilson Pickett's R&B classic "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)."

...Nicole Pensiero

Sat., July 15, 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$65, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 52nd St. and Parkside Ave., 215-893-1999,

www.manncenter.org

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jazz

A Night of Solos

A quintet of improvisers — from NY, trumpeter Nate Wooley and percussionist Aaron Siegel; from Philly, bassist John Barrios, laptop manipulator Joe Lentini and percussionist Toshi Makihara — stand alone to follow their whims in a Bowerbird-presented evening of solo sets. Wooley's impressionistic textures create surrealistic environments from sounds not meant to come from a horn, while Makihara's quick wit on the traps turns his drum kit into a conversation at the Algonquin Round Table.

...Shaun Brady

Fri., July 14, 8 p.m., free, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.,

www.bowerbird.org

.

rock/pop

Luce and Mia Dyson

San Francisco-based pop-rocker Tom Luce — fronting the four-man band that bears his name — is known for his catchy, Beatlesque pop songs, the latest collection of which, Never Ending, chronicles the life cycle of a romance. Aussie blues-rock guitar opener Mia Dyson (pictured), meanwhile, has caused a stir in her homeland with sophomore CD Parking Lots, a disc that nicely showcases her earthy, powerhouse vocals.

...Nicole Pensiero

Sat., July 15, 7:30 p.m., $12, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0770,

www.tinangel.com

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rock/pop

Animal Liberation Orchestra/Elvis Perkins/The A-Sides

WXPN's Bruce Warren brings three of his favorite up-and-comers to the Beta-Hi Fi Festival tonight, including the headliners Animal Liberation Orchestra, whose funk-laden, electric-jazz grooves have a West Coast audience smitten. Opener Elvis Perkins (son of actor Anthony) has jolted audiences with the gently heartbreaking song "Ash Wednesday," a six-minute elegy to his mother, actress-photographer Berry Berenson, who was on American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11.

...Nicole Pensiero

Thu., July 13, 7:30 p.m., $15-$19, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400,

www.worldcafelive.com

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jazz

Maynard Ferguson

Crowds will always need pleasing and egos will always need stroking, which goes a long way toward explaining how Maynard Ferguson has maintained his relationship with undemanding jazz audiences for nearly six decades. Finesse be damned, Ferguson can make the trumpet squeal in ear-piercingly high registers and still maintain tonal control, and some ponies only need one trick.

...Shaun Brady

Fri.-Sat., July 14-15, 7:45 and 10 p.m., $35, Zanzibar Blue, 200 S. Broad St., 215-732-4500, www.zanzibarblue.com.

country/blues
Bonnie Raitt/Keb' Mo'

Bonnie Raitt's been rakin' in the raves during her latest tour, which showcases songs from every phase of her blues-making, 30-plus-year career — from old faves like "Angel From Montgomery" to newer numbers like "God Was in the Water." Always a generous performer, Raitt has been pulling opener and kindred spirit Keb' Mo' onstage during her set as well, where he's blown audiences away on Wilson Pickett's R&B classic "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)."

...Nicole Pensiero

Sat., July 15, 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$65, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 52nd St. and Parkside Ave., 215-893-1999,
www.manncenter.org

.

jazz
A Night of Solos

A quintet of improvisers — from NY, trumpeter Nate Wooley and percussionist Aaron Siegel; from Philly, bassist John Barrios, laptop manipulator Joe Lentini and percussionist Toshi Makihara — stand alone to follow their whims in a Bowerbird-presented evening of solo sets. Wooley's impressionistic textures create surrealistic environments from sounds not meant to come from a horn, while Makihara's quick wit on the traps turns his drum kit into a conversation at the Algonquin Round Table.

...Shaun Brady

Fri., July 14, 8 p.m., free, The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.,
www.bowerbird.org

.

rock/pop
Luce and Mia Dyson

San Francisco-based pop-rocker Tom Luce — fronting the four-man band that bears his name — is known for his catchy, Beatlesque pop songs, the latest collection of which, Never Ending, chronicles the life cycle of a romance. Aussie blues-rock guitar opener Mia Dyson (pictured), meanwhile, has caused a stir in her homeland with sophomore CD Parking Lots, a disc that nicely showcases her earthy, powerhouse vocals.

...Nicole Pensiero

Sat., July 15, 7:30 p.m., $12, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0770,
www.tinangel.com

.

rock/pop
Animal Liberation Orchestra/Elvis Perkins/The A-Sides

WXPN's Bruce Warren brings three of his favorite up-and-comers to the Beta-Hi Fi Festival tonight, including the headliners Animal Liberation Orchestra, whose funk-laden, electric-jazz grooves have a West Coast audience smitten. Opener Elvis Perkins (son of actor Anthony) has jolted audiences with the gently heartbreaking song "Ash Wednesday," a six-minute elegy to his mother, actress-photographer Berry Berenson, who was on American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11.

...Nicole Pensiero

Thu., July 13, 7:30 p.m., $15-$19, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400,
www.worldcafelive.com

.

jazz
Maynard Ferguson

Crowds will always need pleasing and egos will always need stroking, which goes a long way toward explaining how Maynard Ferguson has maintained his relationship with undemanding jazz audiences for nearly six decades. Finesse be damned, Ferguson can make the trumpet squeal in ear-piercingly high registers and still maintain tonal control, and some ponies only need one trick.

...Shaun Brady

Fri.-Sat., July 14-15, 7:45 and 10 p.m., $35, Zanzibar Blue, 200 S. Broad St., 215-732-4500, www.zanzibarblue.com.

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