Sarah McLachlan is back.
The singer-songwriter made her name in the 1990s, when she balanced a penchant for mainstream pop with an independent streak that found her starting a music festival, Lilith Fair, that decade’s quintessential female tour.
Now, the singer is returning to the Northwest for a pair of shows at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville. She plays the venue at 7 tonight and Saturday.
McLachlan had already won a loyal cult following in the early 1990s thanks to her album “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.” But the latter half of that decade found her becoming a hit maker.
In 1997, she released “Surfacing,” which produced a string of inescapable songs, including “Angel,” “Building a Mystery” and “Adia.”
Several of those tracks were co-written with producer Pierre Marchand. She reteamed with Marchaud on a new album this year, “Shine On.” The album became her sixth top 10 album, debuting at No. 4.
Tickets are available at a mark-up at stubhub.com.
Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris also will pay a visit to Chateau Ste. Michelle this weekend, playing the venue at 7 p.m. Sunday
The country music legends both count a number of hits to their name.
Haggard first made a name for himself in the 1960s, helping put on the map the music scene in Bakersfield, California. His classics include “Okie from Muskogee” and “Mama Tried.”
Harris, meanwhile, didn’t truly make her mark as a solo artist until the 1970s. Her take on songs such as “Wayfaring Stranger” and “Pancho and Lefty” established her as one of country’s great voices.
Tickets are $56.75 to $94.10 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Those country stars aren’t the only double-bill that should draw a crowd in the week ahead.
Gavin DeGraw and Matt Nathanson share top-billing for their show at Marymoor Park in King County at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
DeGraw hit it big in 2004, when his song “I Don’t Want to Be” reached No. 1. Since then, the singer-songwriter has released a string of hit albums. He’s touring now behind 2013’s “Make a Move,” which debuted at No. 13 and again showcased his soul-dappled pop.
Nathanson is touring behind his own 2013 album, “Last of the Great Pretenders.” Like past efforts, the album put the San Francisco singer’s earnest pop centerstage.
Mary Lambert opens the show. The Everett-raised singer drew headlines after singing on Macklemore and Lewis’s gay marriage anthem, “Same Love.”
Tickets are $39.50 to $49.50 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Robyn and Royksopp also will hit Marymoor Park, as the Swedish pop star and Norwegian producer tour behind their new collaboration, “Do It Again.” That mini-album showcased the pair’s penchant for danceable electro-pop.
Robyn is by far the bigger name of the two collaborators. The singer has gone from being an international pop star in her teens to a much-loved indie dance queen, thanks to tracks such as her 2010 hit “Call Your Girlfriend.”
The pair will play the venue at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Tickets are $39.50 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Guitar god Yngwie Malmsteen also is headed to the Northwest for a show at Seattle’s Showbox at 8 p.m. Thursday.
The Swedish rocker became a cult icon in the 1980s, known for his virtuosic playing skills and his over-the-top stagecraft; like Jimi Hendrix, he too has set his guitar on fire.
Tickets are $36.50 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Finally, Devo will make a rare club appearance at the Neptune Theatre at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The group is touring in honor of one of its founding members, Robert Casale, who died in February.
With his memory in mind, the band is playing its trailblazing records from 1974 to 1977 — the experimental pop that made them underground icons before “Whip It” turned them into MTV mainstays.
Tickets are sold-out, but available at a mark-up through stubhub.com.
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