Taylor Hicks, Killswitch and more: Pocono, Lehigh Valley concerts to heat up your January
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Editor's note: With COVID-19 cases rising, some area concerts have been postponed. Check with the venue before purchasing tickets.
All hail the cover band.
Warm up this month with these concerts that pay tributes to the greats and feature heavy metal, banjo beats and roots and reggae. With original acts and bands also on deck, there's something for everyone.
Taylor Hicks performs Bob Seger tribute
Get ready for some "Night Moves."
Hicks, who won Season 5 of "American Idol," will belt out "Old Time Rock *& Roll," and "Shakedown," along with Bob Seger's other best hits.
Seger is an inspiration to Hicks, who even named his dog after the crooner.
When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13
Cost: $25-$30
Info: Musikfest Café, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, bit.ly/3FUi1IV
The Weight Band
Here's something heavy to groove along to.
The Weight Band — composed of members of the roots rock act, The Band and the Levon Helm Band — play some of their best hits from their 2018 album, "World Gone Mad," plus new acoustic tunes.
When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14
Cost: $25 - $30
Info: Musikfest Café, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, steelstacks.org/event/11539/the-weight-band
Double Vision, The Foreigner Experience
The New York City band wants to make you clap and dance the night away as they perform some of Foreigner's tunes from the 70s and 80s including “Juke Box Hero,” “Hot Blooded,” “Cold As Ice,” “I Want To Know What Love Is,” “Urgent,” “Double Vision,” “Head Games,” and “Feels Like the First Time."
When: 8 p.m. Jan. 15
Cost: $22 - $37
Info: Penn's Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe, doublevisiontheband.com
We Banjo 3
It's a family affair.
The Galway, Ireland and Nashville based quartet (comprised of two sets of brothers, Enda and Fergal Scahill and Martin and David Howley), will share varied traditions of Americana, bluegrass, and Celtic music with pop sensible sounds.
Enjoy a vary of instruments such as the banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and percussions as the band performs songs from their 2019 album, "Roots to Rise Live."
When: 7 p.m. Jan. 16
Cost: $20-$45
Info: Musikfest Café, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, steelstacks.org/event/11366/we-banjo-3/
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Since his debut album “Southeastern” in 2013, Jason Isbell has won four Grammys, nine Americana Music Association Awards, and was selected as the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s official 2017 Artist-in-Residence.
He will perform songs from 2020's "Reunions," which debuted No. 1 on the Billboard's top county albums chart.
When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17
Cost: $59 - $125
Info: F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, kirbycenter.org
MJ Live
Enjoy some of the King of Pop's top-charters by Jalles Franca, a performer, dancer and percussionist and longtime fan of Michael Jackson.
Franca began imitating MJ's signature dance moves during his routines at Studio 54 and at festivals and shows in Hollywood, Las Vegas and Dubai.
When: 8 p.m. Jan. 22
Cost: $35 - $45
Info: Mount Airy Casino Resort, 312 Woodland Road, Mount Pocono, bit.ly/3eND2c7
Umphrey’s McGee
The jam band will perform a mix of rock, metal, funk, jazz, blues and reggae sounds.
Recording remotely in 2020, the group (Brendan Bayliss, Jake Cinninger, Joel Cummins, Andy Farag, Kris Myers and Ryan Stasik) revisited their catalog as far back as 2009 and chose 12 tracks to make up their newest tour material.
When: 8:30 p.m. Jan. 23
Cost: $35.00 - $50.00
Info: Penn’s Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe, umphreys.com/tour
Killswitch Engage: Atonement Tour
Heavy metal fans, reunite.
Killswitch Engage is back on the road. The metalcore band, who formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast and Aftershock consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and drummer Justin Foley.
When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31
Cost: $39 - $44
Info: Sherman Theater, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg, shermantheater.com
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