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Brad Paisley At Comcast

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

The country star performs Saturday at 7 p.m.

A Double Dose Of California Guitar Trio

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

The group hits the Iron Horse Friday and Bridge Street Live Sunday.

Tift Merritt Plays Two Area Dates

By THOMAS KINTNER, Special To The Courant — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

This soulful country singer plays Infinity Hall on Sunday, and Saturday, May 25, at The Kate in Old Saybrook.

Motley Crue At Mohegan

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:50:00 EDT

The big-hair band from the '80s plays Saturday at 7:30.

Klezwoods' At Buttonwood Tree

By OWEN McNALLY, Special To The Courant. — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

Boston Band Mixes Melodies

This Boston band comes to Middletown Sunday at 7 p.m.

Take Two Honors Peggy Lee, Cole Porter At Trinity-On-Main

By OWEN McNALLY, Special To The Courant — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

If you love Peggy Lee, Cole Porter, live cabaret and piano/vocal duos that exude swing and sophistication, then you'll want to check out the Take Two Jazz Duo's tribute to Lee and Porter on Friday, May 17, at 7 p.m. at Trinity-On-Main, 69 Main St., New Britain.

Matt Wertz In Fairfield, Norfolk

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

Blurring the lines between pop, folk, blues, rock and jazz is reflective singer and songwriter Matt Wertz. His relaxed approach to mostly love-themed songs puts him in the genre with romantic alikes Dave Barnes and Jason Mraz. The Missiouri born Wertz plays two shows in Connecticut this weekend.

Newtown's Flagpole Radio Cafe Show Is Back

By ERIK OFGANG, Special To The Courant — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

After four successful seasons the fifth season of The Flagpole Radio Café, Newtown's homegrown vaudeville style music and comedy series, got off to a rocky start.

Portraits Of Prominent Jazz Musicians At Japanalia

By OWEN MCNALLY, Special To The Courant — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:44:00 EDT

"Listen…Through the Lens," an exhibition of jazz portraits by Dr. Steven Sussman, a Hartford-based physician with a gift for photography that captures his subjects' essence, is on display at the jazz and cabaret venue at Japanalia Eiko, 11 Whitney St., Hartford, through June 29.

Aretha Franklin Cancels; KISS Coming In August

By NICK CAITO, Special to The Courant — Thu, 9 May 2013 13:42:00 EDT

KISS will be blasting their way into the Mohegan Sun Arena in a couple months, no doubt with plenty of theatrics and pyrotechnics.