Get Down and Out of This Year
Lots of shows to get to, so we’ll dive right into What’s Up With What’s Going Down for the next month or two… And, it’s not listed yet, but Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will be touring again soon in support of their new album coming out in February.
Now here’s What’s Up taking you into 2014:
- Trombone Shorty – Buckhead Theater – Wed 11/13/13
- Lee Fields and the Expressions, Elektrik Butterfly – The EARL – Thu 11/14/13
- WAR – Variety Playhouse – Sat 11/16/13
- Pimps of Joytime – Drunken Unicorn – Sat 11/16/13
- Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band – Terminal West – Thu 11/21/13
- Swamp Dogg (Stomp and Stammer 17th Anniv. Party – Night Two!) – The EARL – Sat 11/23/13
- St. Paul and the Broken Bones (opening for Jason Isbell) – Buckhead Theater – Fri 12/6/13
- Zydefunk – Northside Tavern – Fri 12/13/13
- AJ and the Jiggawatts, The Grips (G.E.D. Stone Soul Christmas) – The Family Dog – Sat 12/14/13
- Georgia Soul Council – Big Tex Cantina – Sat 12/21/13
- Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics, Bird City Revolutionaries – The EARL – Sat 12/28/13
- Georgia Soul Council – The Family Dog – Tue 12/31/13
- MAZE – Civic Center – Sat 1/4/14
- Rebirth Brass Band – Smith’s Olde Bar – Sat-Sun 1/18-19/14
- Aaron Neville, Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Cobb Energy Center – Thu. 1/30/14
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Variety Playhouse – Sat 2/15/14
If you are a musician, promoter or other purveyor of funk and want your gig listed, first please be funky and subject to my discretion, but also email me am@wrek.org with details.
And of course, be sure and check us out every Thursday night from 11pm to midnight, listening live at 91.1 FM WREK in Atlanta or streaming at wrek.org for your chance at tickets to some of these shows!
Bonus T-Shorty two-fer: