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The Redwood Bar & Grill

316 W. Second St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Category: Bars and Clubs

Region: Downtown

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Katy Perry has been on her California Dreams world tour — in support of last year's Grammy-nominated Teenage Dream — for the better part of 2011, and she wraps the trek's final North American leg with a blowout you can bet will contain ungodly amounts of candy and/or confetti. We won't bother with a lecture on why Perry deserves more respect than she gets; if Teenage Dream's five No. 1 singles haven't convinced you she knows what she's doing, nothing will. But this might be your last chance to hear "California Gurls" in an arena full of California gurls — think carefully before you pass that up, people. With Ellie Goulding, an appealing English singer even less worried by computer-processed vocals than Perry. Also Wed. —Mikael Wood

Lucinda Williams

EL REY THEATRE

"I'll follow you underground," Lucinda William sings in a ragged-but-true voice on her latest album, Blessed. It's a steadfast declaration of devotion that's all the more moving because she delivers it plainly, without trumpets and fanfare, and yet it pierces the heart straight through. Her recent marriage to her manager, Tom Overby, seems to have given her new inspiration on songs like "Sweet Love." But the album isn't all sunshine and roses, as she wends her way through stark and somber numbers such as "Copenhagen" and "Ugly Truth." In the past year or so, Williams has appeared locally in venues ranging from the Queen Mary to the Viper Room. Tonight the Louisiana native kicks off the first of two nights in this grand Art Deco ballroom. —Falling James

Also playing:

ALLEN HINDS GROUP at the Baked Potato; PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND at Royce Hall.

wed 11/23

Murs, Tabi Bonney

HOUSE OF BLUES

If you've grown tired of overproduced, infantile Top 40 hip-hop, catching a show by artists who honor the game's true art form — lyricism — is a welcome escape. Your salvation this week comes in the form of L.A.'s Murs, who recently told us he escaped the violence of his native 'hood by relocating to Arizona. He's joined by his Washington, D.C.–based cohort Tabi Bonney, perpetually on his grind since 2006's "The Pocket," and now whipping up tracks with the likes of Ski Beatz and Dame Dash. Both MCs roll into town as part of the Hip-Hop and Love Tour after rocking out to a track of the same name on Yo Gabba Gabba. They're also touting new releases: Melrose and The Summer Years, respectively. —Dan Hyman

Dean Brown Band

THE BAKED POTATO

Guitarist Dean Brown has played with the likes of the Brecker Brothers, Joe Zawinul and Roberta Flack. For the past five years he's spent much of his time imparting guitar craft to students at Hollywood's Musicians Institute. Brown's own band steps out here several times a year, tonight featuring French bass phenom Hadrien Feraud (John McLaughlin), Brown's former Billy Cobham bandmate and ex–Tonight Show keyboardist Gerry Etkins, and the always terrific Marvin "Smitty" Smith on drums — also of the former Tonight Show band led by Kevin Eubanks. On a recent stage full of all-stars with the Miles Evans Band at Catalina, Brown's closing solo on Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" prompted the night's sole in-show standing ovation. Go, and you'll see why. —Tom Meek

Also playing:

AFROLICIOUS, ORGONE at the Mint; MARK SULTAN at El Cid; YIP DECEIVER at Satellite; DERDE VERDE at Silverlake Lounge; ROY MCCURDY QUARTET at Sangria.

thu 11/24

Angela Carole Brown, Andrea Miller

PELICAN HILL RESORT

Finding live music on Thanksgiving Day can be next to impossible, but for something completely different, schedule a luxury Thanksgiving with jazz at the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Coast. Save yourself from slaving in the kitchen and relax for a change — Thanksgiving dinner and music will be offered all afternoon and evening. Beginning at noon, vocalist Angela Carole Brown will be featured with pianist Rich Callaci and bassist David Enos. For the evening hours, fine young singer Andrea Miller takes over the microphone, with Callaci holding forth and Jack Daro handling the bass. At $85 a head for adults and $35 for children, this Thanksgiving won't be cheap, but it will be memorable. —Tom Meek