Nashville Notes: Carrie Underwood, The Band Perry, Louis C.K.

Week of 1.28.13

MUSIC

• Gina Sicilia will be performing at 3rd and Lindsley tonight.
• Quick note: Morrissey has postponed his show tonight at the Ryman, because duh what else did you expect from him
• Alt Country dudes Calexico will be headlining at the Mercy Lounge on Wednesday, with catchy, oxymoronic Canadian import Bahamas
• Oodles of country musicians [Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, T Bone Burnett, Rodney Crowell, among several others] will be honoring Cowboy Jack Clement at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Wednesday night.
• On Thursday, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet with the Blair Woodwind Quintet will blow you away at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.
• Country vixen Carrie Underwood will be performing at the Grand Ole Opry House on Friday night
• The Band Perry will be Band Perrying on Saturday night at the Grand Ole Opry House
• Louisville post punkers Young Widows will be at Exit/In on Sunday night.

Arts

• Vanderbilt University Dept of Art Space is showcasing work by up and coming Tennessee artists Jean Kang and Jered Sprecher. The show runs through Feb 8
• The Frist is displaying an expressive collection of German Expressionism, on loan from the Detroit Institute of Art.

 Comedy

• Louis C.K. will be at TPAC on Wednesday. TPAC = Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Louis C.K. = sassyfied comedy pricklebear genius.