Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist, pianist, lyricist, arranger and Tony Award-nominated actress, interprets the great American songbook with music from “Blues in the Night,” a collection of jazz, pop and blues classics, and originals.
Celtic Fiddle Festival: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Northshore Performing Arts Center, 18125 92nd Ave. NE, Bothell; $19.50, $29.50; 425-489-6018.
Eric Burdon &The Animals: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Tulalip Casino, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Marysville; $20, $25; 888-272-1111. Seal: 8 tonight, WaMu Theater, Qwest Field, Seattle; $45, $65; 206-628-0888.
Van Morrison: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, WaMu Theater, Qwest Field, Seattle; $95-$225; 206-628-0888.
Brand New Heavies: 8 p.m. Saturday, Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; $23.50, $28.50; 206-628-0888.
Ann Hampton Callaway: 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sheraton Hotel, 1400 Sixth Ave., Seattle; $250-$1,000; 206-726-5064.
She’ll perform Sunday at a fundraising concert for Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.
Callaway, who leads with her emotions, told Jazz Review: “I was just born to be a lover. I think that sense of love immediately draws people in … I want to share the secret part of who I am with great courage because it takes a lot of courage to sing and expose your heart in music.”
The soprano is also writing the musical score for a movie, “State of Affairs,” and producing a PBS pilot about singers and songwriters.
She’s composed more than 250 songs for television, Broadway, off-Broadway and performers such as Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and Michael Feinstein; and written the TV themes for “The Nanny,” “Day’s End” and the “Jim J and Tammy Fay Show.”
Celtic Fiddle Festival: Master-class talent meets tradition when folk violinists Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaitre (Brittany) and Nadre Brunet (Quebec), take the stage. What started as a one-time project has turned into a tradition with international tours and recordings. Burke plays the highly ornamented style of County Sligo; Lemaitre the rhythmic Breton dance tunes; and Brunet play French-Canadian jigs and reels. Sunday in Bothell.
Eric Burdon &The Animals: This band was second only to the Rolling Stones in influencing R&B-based bands in the first wave of the British Invasion. Think “House of the Rising Sun,” “It’s My Life,” “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” and “Don’t Let Me be Misunderstood.” With “Rising Sun,” the Animals were the first British group after the Beatles to score a top-of-the-chart hit in the U.S. Wednesday in Marysville.
Seal: The British songwriter and singer will open the new WaMu Theater. Seal, who helped re-inject heart and soul into 1990s pop music, won Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammys for “Kiss from a Rose” in 1995. His remix of “Killer” topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play in 2005. He has a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “Walk on By.” Tonight in Seattle.
Van Morrison: It’s a long way from Belfast, Ireland, to Nashville, but Van Morrison has made the strange trip in his latest recording, “Pay the Devil,” a dozen covers and originals. His spiritual quests through music have been followed by fans since the 1980s (“Beautiful Vision,” “A Sense of Wonder,” “No Guru No Method No Teacher”) and 1990s (“Enlightenment,” “Hymns to Silence”). Now a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Van Morrison can add country to his list of R&B, rock, jazz and Celtic music accomplishments. Saturday in Seattle.
Brand New Heavies: In the 1990s, the band was heavy into the acid jazz movement, then mellowed out and lost some fans. With its new “Get Used to it,” the Heavies have brought back some of the magic with jazz-tinged funk. Saturday in Seattle.
Ann Hampton Callaway performs Sunday in Seattle.
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