Live music picks: Jan. 27-29

Independent music pioneer Ani DiFranco comes to Variety Playhouse Friday, Feb. 3. Photo: Patti Perret FRIDAY Ani DiFranco Earnest and disarmingly humorous, singer-guitarist DiFranco is the epit ...

Atlanta singer-songwriter Van Hunt celebrates the release aof a new live album with a show at the EARL Friday, April 6. Photo courtesy of Big Hassle TODAY Van Hunt This Atlanta singer and songw ...

Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro comes to the Ferst Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 31. Photo: Danny Clinch TODAY Tinsley Ellis This powerhouse Atlanta-born blues-rock guitarist returned ...

Cleveland's Cloud Nothings are touring behind the January-released "Attack on Memory," which is one of the best-reviewed albums released this year. Catch the band at the EARL Friday, Feb. 17. P ...

Douglasville-born Norma Jean plays the Masquerade Friday, Dec. 16. The show is among the band's last U.S. performances until mid-2012, as the group heads to Europe for a month-long tour in Febr ...

Explosions in the Sky - from left, Munaf Rayani, Mark Smith, Chris Hrasky and Michael James- brings lush guitar soundscapes to the Tabernacle on Sept. 29. Photo: Nick Simonite FRIDAY Earth, Win ...

Mississippi's Paul Thorn is a truly great songwriter, but his latest album is a collection of covers. You'll probably get some of his terrific takes on the work of other, but he's sure to play ...

Help celebrate the new Gentleman Jesse album at the EARL on Friday, March 9. "Leaving Atlanta" is the second album from Atlanta's Jesse Smith and his band, and locals might recognize the locati ...

Singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten is touring behind her recent third album, "Tramp." She'll play the EARL on Wednesday, April 25. Photo: Dustin Condren TODAY Leftover Salmon This Colorado outf ...

One of music’s perennial road warriors, , the Dave Matthews Band, celebrated its 20th anniversary last year by taking its first-ever break from summer touring. But the boys are back on May 22 a ...

Phenomenal 21-year-old talent Lydia Loveless is touring behind her just-released new album, "Indestructible Machine," She'll play Smith's Olde Bar on Thursday, Oct. 13. Photo: Paula Masters Tra ...

Ruthie Foster brings her powerful voice to Eddie's Attic on Friday, March 23, fresh from a series of acclaimed shows at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas. Photo: John Car ...

Fred Eaglesmith comes to the Red Clay Theatre in Duluth as part of the Eddie Owen Presents series on Friday, Jan. 20. Photo: Kori Heppner FRIDAY Fred Eaglesmith Eaglesmith’s original tunes can ...

Atlanta quartet Uncle Green - from left, Matt Brown, Bill Decker, Pete McDade and Jeff Jensen - in the days of the band's major label debut album, 1992's "Book of Bad Thoughts." The guys recent ...

Bonnie Raitt is touring behind her first new album in seven years, "Slipstream." She'll play the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, May 9. Photo: Marina Chavez FRIDAY Counting Cro ...

The District Attorneys -- from left, Chris Wilson, Walker Beard, Frank Keith IV, Drew Beskin, and TJ Mimbs -- celebrate the release of debut album "Slowburner" with a show at the EARL Saturday, ...

Lalah Hathaway plays two shows at the Variety Playhouse Saturday, Nov. 5. Photo: Derek Blanks SATURDAY Lalah Hathaway She sang at Usher’s wedding and you know he could have had just about anyon ...

Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers kicks off the new "Eddie Owen Presents" series with a pair of solo shows at the Red Clay Theatre in Duluth. Photo: Jason Thrasher FRIDAY Paul Simon He’s ...