In the first year of the pandemic, the veteran vocal stylist was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, and she released the deeply penetrating “Blackbirds,” interpreting tunes associated with Black women, including Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. LaVette gives these songs her own spin of pain and sadness, but she sounds hopeful in a liberating take on the Beatles’ “Blackbird,” making it about a Black woman finally flying after a long struggle.
SAT FEB 26 • 7PM
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The jazzy, Grammy-winning Alabama sextet was creating cool a cappella sounds before the members of Pentatonix were born.
SUN FEB 27 • 6PM + 8PM
MON FEB 28 • 7PM + 9PM
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The mainstays of New Orleans’ still-thriving second-line brass band scene are bringing the Mardi Gras spirit north at the behest of the Dakota, and they’re bringing one of Louisiana’s best zydeco dance bands of the modern era, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas. A guaranteed party.
THU MAR 3 • 6:30PM + 9:30PM
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