{"id":269056,"date":"2025-10-01T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/269056\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:37:23","slug":"houston-concert-watch-10-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/269056\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Concert Watch 10\/1"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a lot going on in the music business in the autumn of 1975.\u00a0 Bruce Springsteen was on tour promoting his breakthrough album Born to Run, meanwhile appearing on the covers of both Newsweek and Time in the same week.\u00a0 The Who released the raggedy but still appealing record The Who by Numbers.\u00a0 Bob Dylan kicked off his \u201cRolling Thunder Review\u201d tour.\u00a0 And the Sex Pistols played their first show, at St. Martin\u2019s School of Art in London.<\/p>\n

But in the midst of all this, Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here, the band\u2019s follow up to the mega-platinum The Dark Side of the Moon.\u00a0 Sales figures aside, Wish You Were Here is the superior album.\u00a0 Both are tremendous, but Wish You Were Here is an album that appeals to so many.<\/p>\n

Who cannot identify with the album\u2019s themes of absence and loss that the lyrics and music portray?\u00a0 Who does not think of people now missing from life who once occupied such a significant position?\u00a0 Wish You Were Here contains Pink Floyd\u2019s most universal message, so I encourage you to give it a spin this week, maybe also raising a glass to someone whose journey is now over, but whose trip you were part of for a while.\u00a0 Haven\u2019t we all known a crazy diamond?<\/p>\n

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Look at you, Colter Wall!\u00a0 Two nights (Wednesday, January 21, and Thursday, January 22) at the Bayou Music Center<\/a>!\u00a0 His forthcoming album, Memories and Empties, will be released in November, which means that fans will be fully familiar with the new material by the time the Canadian singer-songwriter arrives in Houston.<\/p>\n

Kelly Willis has been a fixture on the Texas music scene for many years, and she is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of her landmark album What I Deserve.\u00a0 The album was begun with recording sessions in San Francisco, but after a parting with her record company, Willis brought the tapes to Austin and finished the record there, resulting in an album that still resonates today.\u00a0 Catch Willis on Thursday, February 14, at the Mucky Duck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Opeth comes to town, get ready for some heavy-duty prog metal, with notes (as wine connoisseurs would say) of blues, classical and jazz.\u00a0 The band will play the Bayou Music Center<\/a> on Sunday, February 15, but I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s really a Valentine\u2019s Day-weekend-appropriate \u00a0show.\u00a0 Unless your significant other is totally into this stuff, in which case, let \u2018er rip!<\/p>\n

So what to say about Raye?\u00a0 In the singer-songwriter \/ record producer\u2019s catalog, the listener will find influences ranging from R&B to jazz to soul and pop.\u00a0 That\u2019s a lot going on.\u00a0 Fortunately, Raye manages to corral these musical styles into a coherent, consistently grooving sound.\u00a0 She will perform on Friday, May 1, at the 713 Music Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Concerts This Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blues guitarist Davey Knowles grew up on the Isle of Man, which is about 30 miles from Ireland.\u00a0 Which explains the presence of a Celtic vibe and a major Rory Gallagher influence in his playing.\u00a0 Check him out on Thursday at the Big Top<\/a>, right next door to the Continental Club.<\/p>\n

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And speaking of talented blues-based guitarists, Tab Benoit will perform on Friday at the Heights Theater<\/a>.\u00a0 \u2018Cause Knowledge is Power: Benoit founded Voice of the Wetlands (VOW), a conservation organization that promotes the preservation of the Louisiana wetlands and the accompanying culture.<\/p>\n

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If you have ever said to yourself, \u201cMan, if only there were a rock and roll band fronted by three bagpipe players,\u201d then you are in luck, as the Red Hot Chilli Pipers will bring their unique act to the Dosey Doe Big Barn<\/a> on Saturday.\u00a0 The band performs a mix of traditional Scottish music and classic rock covers such as \u201cSmoke on the Water,\u201d \u201cWe Will Rock You\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believing.\u201d\u00a0 This is one of those \u201cdinner and a show\u201d affairs that the Dosey Doe is known for, but no word yet on whether haggis will be on the menu.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jon Batiste can do it all.\u00a0 Well, if not \u201call,\u201d then most of it.\u00a0 Batiste gained celebrity as the bandleader on Stephen Colbert\u2019s late-night show, later winning an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Grammy for his score for the Pixar film Soul.\u00a0 He has also composed a symphony and found time to do some acting last year, appearing as Billy Preston in the film Saturday Night.\u00a0 Oh, and he composed the score for that movie too.\u00a0 Batiste\u2019s \u201cBig Money\u201d tour makes a stop at the Smart Financial Centre<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Like many young artists, Junior H first entered the public consciousness via videos that he posted on YouTube.\u00a0 His songs helped to establish the corridos tumbados (aka trap corridos) genre, which combines influences from narcocorridos and rap music.\u00a0 Considering that Junior H has sold tens of millions of records in a period of just a few years, it\u2019s no wonder that he can play two nights, this Saturday and Sunday, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cage the Elephant began its existence in Bowling Green, KY and then moved across the pond to London, where the band began to consolidate its sound.\u00a0 \u2018Cause Knowledge is Power: The band\u2019s name resulted from an encounter with a man (probably mentally ill) who repeatedly told lead singer Matt Shultz, \u201cYou got to cage the elephant!\u201d\u00a0 I suppose we can consider the elephant caged, as the band will perform on Monday at the 713 Music Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article appears in Jan 1 \u2013 Dec 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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