27 August 22 - 28, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Sierra Ferrell 8 P.M. FRIDAY, AUG. 23, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $39+ AT AXS.COM Country music has always been a particularly malleable genre — consider the 1970s, when nudie-suit clad crooners could share shelf space with shaggy-haired singer-songwriters — but within the last decade, Nashville and its output has seemed especially elastic. Look no further than an artist such as Sierra Ferrell, a small-town West Virginia product who cut her teeth busk- ing on the streets of New Orleans and Seattle before relocating to Music City and landing a re- cord deal. She’s built a passionate following on the strength of her live performances, collabo- rated with A-list talent such as Ray LaMontagne, Zach Bryan and the Mavericks, and just released her latest studio album, Trail of Flowers, in March. Ferrell’s sound, nominally country but blending in jazz, bluegrass and Latin flourishes, is as arresting as her singular voice, one of the most striking in modern music. Nick Shoulders will open. PRESTON JONES Uforia Latino Mix Live 4 P.M. SATURDAY, AUG. 24, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 3839 S. FITZHUGH. $50.85+ AT LIVENATION.COM Latin music’s chokehold on pop music shows no signs of weakening, making this quartet of art- ists headlining a 20,000-seat amphitheater a sure bet for a sonic snapshot of the genre’s brightest talents. Virginia native Kali Uchis has found success blending R&B and soulful Latin sounds, most recently on her Spanish-language studio album Orquídeas (her second such effort after 2020’s Sin Miedo). Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and rapper Myke Towers has built a for- midable career in less than a decade, collaborat- ing with Bad Bunny, Becky G and Piso 21, among others. His latest LP, La Vida Es Una, dropped last year. Regional Mexican singer-songwriter Xavi is just 20 years old but has already made a mark thanks to viral singles “La Victima” and “La Diabla.” Eladio Carrion is another Puerto Rican Latin trap rising star — he won a Latin Grammy for his single “Coco Chanel,” and his new album, Sol Maria, arrived in January. PJ Future and Metro Boomin 8 P.M. SATURDAY, AUG. 24, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $49+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM For more than 20 years, the man born Nayvadius DeMun Cash, better known to his fans as Atlanta rapper Future, has helped propel hip-hop into its position of pop music dominance. Relying upon a deceptively laid- back delivery and 21st-century touches, Future’s catalog has made trap music something as integral to the city streets as it is to the suburbs. Future’s influence is such that he can team up with an artist a decade his junior — in this case, producer Metro Boomin — and create something that will undoubtedly spark new ideas among subsequent generations. Future and Metro Boomin’s sprawling one-two punch — WE DON’T TRUST YOU and WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU — arrived a month apart earlier this year, 42 songs spread across three discs. The pair’s high visibility reeled in some top-tier guests, among them Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, J. Cole, ASAP Rocky and Rick Ross. PJ Ice Spice 8 P.M. SUNDAY, AUG. 25, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $49.50+ AT AXS.COM Born Isis Gaston in the Bronx, the woman better known as Ice Spice has rocketed to the forefront of hip-hop in an astonishingly brief time. In less than five years, she’s cemented herself as one of the pre-eminent proponents of the confronta- tional, gritty style of rap known as drill. Hit hard and move fast — Ice Spice’s debut studio album Y2K! is scarcely 23 minutes long, but she leaves a mark. It’s an impression she first made via her contributions to others’ hits, notably Taylor Swift (“Karma”), Nicki Minaj (“Barbie World”) and PinkPantheress (“Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”). Her meteoric ascent also means this trip through North Texas will be both her debut appearance here as well as her inaugural headlining tour — she’ll be joined by Cash Cobain and RIOTUSA as support acts. PJ Tems 8 P.M. MONDAY, AUG. 26, SOUTH SIDE BALLROOM, 1135 BOTHAM JEAN BLVD. $102+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Nigerian singer-songwriter and producer Tems (born Temilade Openiyi) has been bubbling up through the music industry over the last half- decade. She’s notched significant writing and performing credits for and with pop music’s A- list — co-writing Rihanna’s Oscar-nominated “Lift Me Up,” for example, and sharing in a Grammy for best melodic rap performance for her appearance on Drake’s “Wait for U.” Now, she’s getting her own moment in the spotlight, thanks to the June release of her full-length de- but, Born in the Wild, which follows her pair of EPs (2020’s For Broken Ears and 2021’s If Or- ange Was a Place). Tems infuses her approach to R&B with a singular sense of style — her gor- geous, gymnastic alto is a showstopper — and on the strength of the album’s 17 mesmerizing tracks, assures she won’t be back on the mar- gins of the music business anytime soon. With Naomi Sharon. PJ | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Mikel Galicia Kali Uchis performs Saturday at Dos Equis Pavilion. We can’t live without in 2024 view the full list here
