22 December 19 - 25, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Silverada 8 P.M. FRIDAY, DEC. 20, GRANADA THEATER, 3524 GREENVILLE AVE. $20+ AT PREKINDLE.COM If the name Silverada doesn’t spark any immedi- ate recognition, how about Mike and the Moon- pies? That was the moniker singer-songwriter Mike Harmeier first settled on in 2007, although earlier this year, Harmeier and his four band- mates decided what had begun as a joke no lon- ger fit the bill. “After 17 years ... we feel the time has come to retire our old moniker,” the band said in a January statement. “The band has ac- complished some incredible things and pro- gressed immensely over the past decade and a half ... and we now feel our old name does not reflect who we are or the art we are creating cur- rently.” All righty then. With a new name in tow, the fellas will cap their year of change with a trip through town in support of their most recent studio album, which dropped in June. Sour Bridges and Ottoman Turks will open. PRESTON JONES Colter Wall 8 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 21, TEXAS TRUST CU THEATRE, 1001 PERFORMANCE PLACE, GRAND PRAIRIE. $19+ AT AXS.COM Singer-songwriter Colter Wall cuts an unusual figure in the modern country and folk music landscape. Rather than relentlessly tour, pump out a steady stream of new music and pop up at every available press opportunity, the 29-year- old prefers to spend his days working his cattle ranch in western Canada. That reluctance to en- gage with the gaping content maw hasn’t dimmed his prospects in the slightest. Wall re- tains a fervent fan base and continues to write and record, most recently releasing his fourth studio album, 2023’s Little Songs. Although Wall is indifferent to much of the rest of the musical diaspora, he is partial to Texas and its artists and studios, meaning the Lone Star State gets to see a lot more of Wall on a semi-regular basis than most other parts of the world. Wall shares a label with Fort Worth troubadour Vincent Neil Emer- son, who’ll open up this late-year date. Kade Hoffman will also open. PJ Pentatonix 7 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 21, DICKIES ARENA, 1911 MONTGOMERY ST., FORT WORTH. $79+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Arlington-formed a cappella group Pentatonix has had a lock on the holidays for a decade now, reaching back to 2014’s That’s Christmas to Me. Nearly every year since, the quintet — Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Scott Hoying, Kevin Olusola and Matt Sallee — has dropped a fresh seasonal selection, which is invariably followed by a tour that brings them close to their old stomping grounds just in time for Christmas. There’s no new Yuletide LP this time around — you’ll have to content yourself with 2023’s 31-track double album The Great- est Christmas Hits — but the “Hallelujah! It’s a Christmas” tour will have all the crisply ar- ranged, five-part harmonies your heart could desire. (And if Fort Worth might as well be the North Pole to you, Pentatonix also has a Dec. 22 date set for Dallas’ American Airlines Cen- ter.) PJ Asleep at the Wheel 8 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 21, ARLINGTON MUSIC HALL, 224 N. CENTER ST., ARLINGTON. $20+ AT EVENTBRITE.COM It’s easy enough to take for granted that which has always been there. In the case of Western swing masters Asleep at the Wheel, that’s per- haps even more the case, simply because of how easy Ray Benson and his collaborators make it all look. For more than half a century, the Austin- based group has been a fixture on North Texas stages, appearing multiple times a year, but if you haven’t recently seen the Wheel in concert, you owe it to yourself to behold a Texas institu- tion. The most recent album, 2021’s Half a Hun- dred Years, may turn up here and there in the set list, but you’re really there for the well-worn clas- sics: “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66,” “Miles and Miles of Texas” and any number of Bob Wills chestnuts (we’re partial to “San Antonio Rose”). There is no other artist before or since that can do what Asleep at the Wheel does; they’re a tal- ent as singular as Texas. PJ Blind Boys of Alabama 7:30 P.M. MONDAY, DEC. 23, WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE, 2403 FLORA ST. $79+ AT TICKETS.ATTPAC.ORG Fresh from their 2024 Grammy win for best roots gospel album (for their latest studio al- bum, Echoes of the South), the acclaimed quar- tet Blind Boys of Alabama will bring a touch of holiday cheer to town with their “Christmas Show.” The set list will undoubtedly skew heavily toward the group’s pair of seasonal albums — Go Tell It on the Mountain and Talkin’ Christmas — and provide a vivid, arresting spin on Yuletide tunes old and new. “People want to hear good singing,” Ricky McKinnie told the Lexington Her- ald-Leader earlier this year. “We’ve had opportu- nities to go to places where people have accepted us real well. In my experience, people just love good singing, and we like being there when the people enjoy it.” PJ Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images The Arlington-formed a cappella group Pentatonix will perform a pair of holiday concerts this week. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! Free Menudo all day sunday Happy Hour everyday 11aM-7PM open 11am-2am everyday 11044 Harry Hines boulevard // (214) 206-3820 scan for more info
