“Lady Day and the Blues: A Salute to the Billie Holiday Songbook” harkens back to the 1930s and ’40s on Saturday at the Historic Everett Theatre.
The tribute to Holiday features Stacie Calkins singing Holiday’s songs with a five-piece jazz ensemble backing her up.
Joining the show is Judy Ann Moulton, who’s known for her one-woman tribute to Judy Garland.
It may be the first duet by Billie Holiday and Judy Garland.
8 p.m. Saturday, Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. Tickets are $15, $12.50 for seniors, students and military. Call 425-258-6766 or go to etix.com.
John Waite’s
Inspired by British blues-based bands like Free and Humble Pie, Waite began his musical career with British rock group The Babys and achieved chart success with singles “Isn’t It Time?” and “Every Time I Think Of You.”
After striking out on his own and scoring another hit with “Missing You,” he then joined with Jonathan Cain and Neil Schon of Journey to form Bad English and put out another hit with “When I See You Smile.”
He recently released his ninth studio album, “Rough and Tumble,” and stops at Edmonds on Saturday.
7:30 Saturday, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Tickets are $35 to $40, $15 for youth. Call 425-275-9595 or go to www.ec4arts.org.
Yonder Mountain String Band plays music by its own set of rules.
They bend bluegrass, rock and countless other influences to pioneer a sound of their own. It sounds a bit like folk, a bit like indie rock and a bit like something completely new.
They take a traditional lineup of bluegrass instruments and let their synchronicity and passion fuse to create great, lively music.
The musicians are Dave Johnston, Jeff Austin, Ben Kaufmann and Adam Aijala. They opened for Barak Obama at the Democratic National Convention.
9 p.m. Saturday, Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., Seattle; $24; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
John Mellencamp is one of the most productive blues rockers ever.
A frontman at 14, he’s been making music for nearly five decades.
In the ’80s, as John Cougar Mellencamp, his hits included “Jack and Diane,” “Hurts So Good,” “Small Town,” “Lonely Ol Night” and “ROCK in the USA.”
As the ’80s progressed, the Indiana native took up the cause of the American farmer and along with Willie Nelson and Neil Young launched Farm Aid, a huge fundraising and awareness initiative.
By the ’90s, he had dropped the feline middle name and continued to make first-rate music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, 14 years after nearly dying from a heart attack.
The famed rocker, no stranger to stadium shows, plays Tuesday at McCaw Hall in a special “Evening with …” performance.
Tickets include a download of his latest album, “No Better Than This,” and opens with the screening of a film Mellencamp made with Bob Dylan.
“I’m very excited to have the opportunity at this time in my life to go on tour and present these songs in this manner,” Mellencamp said.
7 p.m. Tuesday, McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle; Tickets are $94.50 to $128. Ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
The punk band Rise Against just last month put out its latest album, “Endgame.”
The hugely popular band swings through Seattle with a stop at WaMu Theater with Bad Religion and Four Year Strong.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, WaMu Theater, 800 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle. Tickets are $27.50. Ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Riding high off the release of “Diamond Eyes” last year, the American alt-metal band Deftones return to Seattle and the big stage at the Paramount.
The album earned many distinctions, including the iTunes Rock Album of 2010, interesting especially since many of tracks leaked out prerelease via less, shall we say, traditional Internet means.
It don’t matter much because the band still rocks. They’ll be playing with special guest Dillinger Escape Plan.
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle; $30.50; stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.
Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3447; jholtz@heraldnet.com.
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