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D6 The Times Argus Rutland Herald Saturday-Sunday, October 16-17, 2021 By TOM HUNTINGTON ARTS CORRESPONDENT When the temps start to dip, a sure sign that the live music action in nightclubs and concert halls starts to heat up pandemic be damned and this lineup has been delivering a plethora of pop music options. a look at some noteworthy shows happening this week: Sunday, Oct. 17: Caroline Rose Ever-rising Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter Caroline Rose, who has lived in Burlington in the past, returns to Vermont for her first show since a March 2020 headline show at Higher Ground. The concert was the second stop on a planned two-month tour of the country cut short soon after when the pandemic pulled the plug on live music in support of stellar 2020 album, really looking forward to doing these shows and making them Rose said on Facebook about her current mini tour of smaller venues. not going to be the big production that had been planned for but rather a celebration that we get to play shows at The Stone Church, Brattleboro, 8 p.m.

(Higher Ground Presents) $22 (all ages); call 888-512-7469 or go online to www.highergroundmu- sic.com Wednesday, Oct. 20: Terence Blanchard Best known for his soundtrack work for multiple Spike Lee films, acclaimed trumpeter and bandleader Terence Blanchard has been rocking the music world. Case in point: his new opera, Shut Up in My made history when it opened in late September as the Metropolitan first performance of an opera by a Black composer. The six-time Grammy-winning artist and composer, 59, also released a stunning new album in late August on the revered jazz label Blue Note Records. a tribute to legendary composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, features the esteemed trumpeter performing with his super-tight band, the E-Street Collective, and the Turtle Island Quartet all of whom will join him at the HOP.

Consisting of pieces written by Shorter in addition to Shorter-in- spired original compositions by Blanchard and members of his band, is lush and dramatic soundscape that calls to mind career as a successful film said the New Yorker, that hon- ors the staunchly venturesome Shorter by going its own Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. call 603-646- 2422 or go online to hop.dartmouth. edu Thursday, Oct. 21: The Record Company The Grammy-nominated blues-rock trio performs in support of its third studio album, released last week on Concord Records. NPR called it biggest and most dynamic record to Added Ameri- can Songwriter: a gritty, hi-fi swagger, lives up to its name, offering sizzling alt romps, irresistibly bluesy hooks, and explosive bursts of rock Lake Superior, a bluesy Mont- pelier garage rock trio, opens the show.

Higher Ground Ballroom, S. Burlington, 8 p.m. $25 (all ages); call 888-512-7469 or go online to www.highergroundmusic.com Saturday, Oct. 23: Omega Rhyme and Unreason Born in Arizona and raised in San Diego, Omega Jade who moved to Vermont in 1999 has been garnering a growing buzz in Burlington hip-hop and comedy circles in the past five years. The Queen City MC and comedian, 43, brings her mix of hip-hop and as she describes Rhyme and to the big stage.

The unique concept was born at well-received pre-pandemic series at the intimate Light Club Lamp Shop in Burlington, which featured a freewheeling mashup of standup comedy and freestyle rap that showcased the hardwork- ing multiple talents as rapper, comic and producer. are always four-five comedians along with the same number of Jade explained via email. comedian does a 7-10-minute set of their material. And the MC has the test of interpreting the jokes in the same amount of Comedians include Meredith Gordon, Ryan Kenyon, King- Sha-Mecca-Blaze, Joel Kline and Tarzan Jenkins. rappers include Sedone, Jobu, Rajnii and Mister Burns.

DJ Ron Stoppable spins beats provided by Rico James. The show begins and ends with a freestyle cypher, or group rap session, among the according to Jade, who said she is excited for this Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, 7:30 p.m. $25 for in-person, $10 for live-stream; call 802-760-4634 or go online to www.sprucepeakarts.org Saturday, Oct. 23: Angelique Kidjo Global pop star Angelique Kidjo, a four-time Grammy winner known for her power- house performances, headlines the grand reopening celebration. The jam-packed soiree also features special guest perfor- mances by acclaimed violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) in tandem with storyteller Ferene Paris Meyer and singer Nicole Nelson the Resistance Revival Chorus VT, performing a short new work created for the occasion.

Kidjo, 61, recently named one of Time Most Influential People in the performs in support of her new album, released in June. Flynn, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $125 (Flynn benefit event); call 802-863-5966 or go online to www. flynnvt.org thomaswhuntington By ART EDELSTEIN ARTS CORRESPONDENT We all know that the actual band the Rolling Stones would never land their show in Barre, but getting the next best thing, when the Celebration Series presents Classic Stones Live at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

23 at the Barre Opera House. The spot-on tribute band is led by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards lookalikes Keith Call and Bernie Bollendorf. (The show was scheduled for March 2020 but was canceled when the COVID-19 pandemic took hold.) The Rolling Stones, perhaps the longest continually performing rock band having started in 1962, were in the news lately as long time drummer Charlie Watts passed away in August. Known as Wembley Watts cemented the rhythm of the band allowing Jagger and Richards the performing space to shine in their roles as the Call and Bollendorf have taken on their alter ego personas with amazingly detailed performances on stage. Classic Stones Live is the next best thing to the real Stones, and certainly much younger than the 78-year-olds Jagger and Richards they portray.

This band certainly delivers a classic Stones experi- ence, as if you were transported back to the 1970s, and had the hair, energy and lung power to find a Stones concert to attend. That the actual remaining members of the Rolling Stones can still tour certainly gives a boost to the hopes of many other senior citizens that with enough drugs (the good kinds like vitamin supplements) one can still per- form while raking in the cash and earning the perks of stardom. Sticklers for authenticity, Classic Stones Live show consists of band mates who can deliver the signa- ture saxophone solo in to the unforgettable backing vocals in Shel- This band has incorporated what seems to be every last detail of the live shows from that earlier era into the show this eight- piece ensemble brings to Barre. Classic Stones Live performs the songs that have become the staples of any Rolling Stones show in their original guitar tunings. According an interview with Bollendorf, Glimmer is modeled after the 1972 Stones tour.

generally in that era where we get the version of songs we do. We tend to lean more towards that era because when the Stones were on all cylinders. when they earned that moniker Greatest Rock Roll Band in the that Call said in a previous interview that his band is serious about its depiction of the Rolling Stones. Glimmer Twins are an eight- piece band that strives to recreate the Stones in their prime, right down to using the same vintage guitars and amps, and playing in all of the original tunings for each song. Each member has worked hard to perfect their individual roles within the band, and we approach it with a team not sure what perform with the exception of and sure they perform several classics, which would make for a very satisfying concert.

The Rolling Stones have shown that their longevity is based on solid musical output. They have sold over 200 million records since 1962. They have released 30 studio albums, 23 live albums and numerous compilations. It (1969) marked the first of five consecutive No. 1 studio and live albums in the UK.

(1971) was the first of eight consecutive No. 1 studio albums in the United States. In 2008, the band ranked 10th on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists chart. The Stones are a hard act to impersonate but according to reviewers Classic Stones Live do the job admirably. The Philadelphia Daily News lauds spot-on The band, which shockingly like the Rolling Stones, demonstrates the dramatic difference between a cover band that plays the tunes and a tribute band that lives Glimmer Twins is one of the few acts that actually tries to copy Mick, Keith and the rest of the Rolling Stones in a concert says PhillyBurbs.com.

They just talk the talk they go all the way. The likeness is Call (Mick) starts the experi- ence from the second he steps on stage. The theatrics are there, the gestures are there, even the look in his eyes the one Jagger would get singing there, says nj.com. Front man Keith Call has studied Jagger in minutiae and has all of the moves and swagger of the rock icon he portrays. Bernie Bollendorf, who dons the rock and roll outlaw personae of Keith Richards, is also spot-on in his portrayal without looking as desiccated as the actual Richards.

Their resemblance to these two rock and roll legends adds to the overall concert effect, but what makes this band stand out is the musical prowess, attention to detail, and the accurate renditions of Rolling Stones classic songs. The Barre Opera House show recreates the Stones in their legendary prime and this might be the way most of us want to remember them. VERMONT ARTS CLASSIC STONES LIVE As near the Rolling Stones as likely to get COURTESY BARRE OPERA HOUSE Bernie Bollendorf is Keith Richards and Keith Call, Mick Jagger, in Classic Stones Live, the Rolling Stones cover band coming to the Barre Opera House Oct. 23, as part of the Celebration Series. OPERA HOUSE The Celebration Series pres- ents Classic Stones Live, a Rolling Stones cover band, at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Barre Opera House, 6 N. Main St. in Barre. Tickets are call 802-476-8188, or go online to barreopera- house.org Proof of COVID vaccination, or negative test within 72 hours, and masks required for admission.

Concert options peak in coming week PROVIDED PHOTO Burlington MC and comedian Omega Jade presents a mix of comedy and hip-hop with Rhyme and Oct. 23 at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. PHOTO BY CEDRIC ANGELES Acclaimed composer, trumpeter and bandleader Terence Blanchard whose new opera Shut Up in My made history when it opened in late September as the Metropolitan first per- formance of an opera by a Black composer performs Wednesday at the Hopkins Center for the Arts with the E-Street Collective and Turtle Island Quartet in support of his new album, a trib- ute to jazz giant Wayne Shorter. PHOTO BY FABRICE MABILLOT Global pop star Angelique Kidjo headlines the grand re- opening celebration Oct. 23 with special guests Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Ferene Paris Meyer and Nicole Nelson the Resistance Revival Chorus VT.

PHOTO BY TRAVIS SHINN L.A. blues-rock trio the Record Company plays Higher Ground Thurs- day in support of its third album, released last week..