Local music news & events
• Early coverage: Perhaps more than any other classic rockers, Led Zeppelin has left it to bands like Get The Led Out to carry the torch, having performed only three times since drummer John Bonham died in 1980. Lead singer Paul Sinclair is a convincing Robert Plant doppelgänger, as the tribute act moves through Zep’s catalog, spending a lot of time during the period when album titles, when there were any, were numbers. Thursday, April 6, 8 pm., Colonial Theatre, 609 Main St., Laconia, $29 and up at etix.com.
• Poetic music: Returning to a venue she began selling out soon after graduating from Berklee, Liz Longley is an uber-talented singer-songwriter. From watching her grandmother endure Alzheimer’s in the sensitive “Unraveling” to the metaphor-rich “Camaro,” Longley cuts to the heart of the matter. When she released Funeral For My Past, produced by Nashville whiz Paul Moak, it was the third most successful project in Kickstarter history. Friday, April 7, 8 p.m., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry, $25 at tupelohall.com.
• Celtic outreach: The outsized American celebration of St. Patrick’s Day is, Máiréad Nesbitt opined a few years ago, “a great compliment to such a little country.” The fiddler has done her part as an Irish ambassador; a founding member of the Grammy-nominated Celtic Woman, she toured the world, playing iconic venues like Red Rocks and Carnegie Hall. Local favorites Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio open at her downtown show. Saturday, April 8, 7:30 p.m., Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St., Manchester, $35 at palacetheatre.org.
• Heavy noise: A feast for fans of experimental music, the two-day Slabfest includes Pleasure Coffin’s “interdisciplinary performance art with handmade noise machines” and New York-based Swollen Organs, who promise “power electronics, death industrial, and harsh noise about unfulfilled lust, obsession and worship” — an unquiet glance at the current zeitgeist, with waveforms as weaponry. Saturday, April 8, and Sunday, April 9, 5 p.m., Jewel Music Venue, 61 Canal St., Manchester, $25 ($15 single day) at wyrdrecords.bigcartel.com.
• Deep tracks: A record store and a craft brewery join up for the Modern Records Pop-Up, an event that offers vintage vinyl for sale and listening. Cousin Richard, who owns the curated store, will preview any record pre-purchase. It’s quite the emporium — “Southside” Johnny Lyon stopped in recently to pick up a few 45 RPMs prior to playing a show with his band the Asbury Jukes at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club. Wednesday, April 12, 6 p.m., Earth Eagle Brewings, 175 High St., Portsmouth. See cuzinrichard.com/modern-records.