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The Revelations feat. Tre Williams.

Giving you the music a day early:

A January show was postponed because of snow and ice, and a May show was canceled, but The Revelations feat. Tre Williams are finally returning to Juanita’s. The band will deliver their electrifying re-imagining of classic ’60s and ’70s soul music, crossing the gritty, Southern soul of Stax with the dazzling, urban flash of Motown. A solo project by Williams grew into The Revelations, with its R&B rhythms, and bluesy guitar and organ. Tickets are $15 advance and $20 day of with the music at 10 p.m. for the 18-and-up show.

ILiveTheGoodLife.com, and Mix and Mingle Entertainment present The Ultimate Ladies Night Out at Robinson Center Music Hall with an appearance by R&B singer Monica and K Michelle. Joining the two stars will be Little Rock’s own star trumpeter Rodney Block and soul singer Jeron. Mr. Keith “Keef” Funny Man Glason, a finalist in the Arkansas’ Funniest Person contest, will host the event. The show will start at 8 p.m. with tickets $44.35 for the upper balcony, $48.50 for lower balcony, $55.15 for the mezzanine, $59.30 for orchestra seats and $75.75 for first six rows of orchestra. Monica is known for hits such as “The First Night,” “So Gone” and “Everything to Me,” and has released five U.S. albums, including her latest Still Standing which hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s R&B album charts. K Michelle is an up-and-coming R&B singer from Memphis, who will release her debut album in 2010.

Conway’s Plan B is hosting a Rock for Wildlife Benefit Show, with $10 donations at the door going to the Audubon Society to assist with the Gulf Coast cleanup and rescue of gulf wildlife. Beyond saving the ducks, pelicans and other wild creatures, patrons will receive a heavy dose of central Arkansas rock and metal. Slated to appear at the all-ages show are heavy rockers Bombay Black, ’80s metal and hard rock cover band The Meanies with Sharpe Dunaway, Little Rock rock act Eden Crow, Vilonia Christian metal band The Curse Follows, and Between Crows and Thieves. The show begins at 6 p.m. A $10 donation gains entry to the show and a ticket for door prizes. Each additional $5 earns another ticket for door prizes.

Bleu Edmondson mixes Texas country and bluesy rock ‘n’ roll, using the western sky to guide him and praising Dixie sweet and low all night long to create his “Travelin’ Man” music. The Red Dirt country rocker, influenced by artists such as Robert Earl Keen, Waylon Jennings and Bruce Springsteen, visits Sticky Fingerz to deliver his incendiary live show with moments of introspective soulful moments. The opening act is Little Rock folk rock artist Mandy McBryde, kicking off the music at 9 p.m. Tickets for the 21-and-up show are $10 advance and $12 day of.

Little Rock’s best honky tonk outfit, The Salty Dogs spent the summer of 2009 recording their new album, Brand New Reason, an album filled with rural-living ballads, Bakersfield country and Texas swing along with rock ‘n’ roll rave ups. The album — released earlier this year — is The Salty Dog’s third album, and contains the brokenhearted misery march of “Words May Talk,” and country swingers such as “Rock and Roll Will Never Stay,” turbo-injected gallops such as a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Nadine” and the fuzzed out, glam rock excess of the T. Rex riff that kicks off “Knock 3X.” Catch The Dogs at White Water Tavern.

Reel Big Fish had been kicking out ska punk for half a dozen years before their “Sell Out” single introduced them to the masses — including a video in rotation on MTV — in 1996 and 1997. And the Southern California band has continued to create energetic, trumpet-powered ska punk, releasing a number of albums, including 2009′s Fame, Fortune and Fornication. The band visits The Village. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the music at 8:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $13 advance and $16 at the door.

And, Friday and Saturday, Furlow Entertainment and Downtown Music are teaming up for a two-day event titled Rockin’ 4 Autism, with all proceeds benefiting autism research. Tickets for the two-day event are $15 for both nights or $10 for one night. Friday, the doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the music at 8 p.m. from a lineup of bands including Southern metal band Sychosys, Hot Springs industrial rock band Jessica Seven, North Little Rock doom metal band Zucura, Little Rock heavy rock act Land of Mines and Little Rock rockers Danger Ready.

Here’s The Revelations feat. Tre Williams with their tune “I Don’t Want to Know”:

Friday’s Music

The Revelations feat. Tre Williams.

Giving you the music a day early:

It’s hard to find a genuine soul band in today’s world, but luckily The Revelations feat. Tre Williams realize soul isn’t created; it’s lived, and hard times is something both Williams and co-singer Rell Gaddis have survived. Williams first appeared on singles by artists such as Petey Pablo and was signed to Nas’ Ill Will Records. But his 2007 debut, The Depths of My Soul, was never released. Gaddis was the first R&B male singer signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, but an album never materialized. A solo project by Williams grew into The Revelations, a band that reignites classic ’60s and ’70s soul sound with a modern touch, blending the gritty, Southern soul of Stax with the dazzling, urban flash of Motown, and tossing in R&B rhythms, and bluesy guitar and organ. The Revelations feat. Tre Williams visit Juanita’s, and tickets for the 10 p.m., 18-and-up show are $12 advance and $15 day of show.

The spicy, Latin-flavored rock of Austin, Texas, outfit Vallejo is no stranger to Little Rock, and the quartet revisits central Arkansas with a show at Sticky Fingerz. The opening act is Badhand, kicking the music off at 9:30 p.m. with a $7 cover for the 21-and-up show. Vallejo — known for their fiery blend of hard rock guitars with Latin percussion, soulful vocals and a sweltering funk sound — released a 12-track collection of tunes titled Acousta, featuring unplugged variations of their tunes “Snake In The Grass,” “Forever (Is A Long Time),” “Into The New,” “Beautiful Life” and more, on Jan. 19.

The third album from central Arkansas minimalist alternative rock act Underclaire is Making Sky, a 12-track album of smart, muscular rock such as the start-stop rush of “Belladonna” and the bass-powered swing of “Las Muertas,” created by the quartet of Mike Mullins on guitar and vocals, Edison DeLeon on guitar, Rob Brackett on bass and Bryan Baker on drums. It’s guitar rock, incorporating minimal lyrics, and avoiding the traditional verse-chorus/verse-chorus song structure, and utilizing the soft/loud dynamic to lend the tunes sonic texture and weight. A month after an initial CD release party, the band will hold another CD release party for Making Sky at White Water Tavern with Hot Springs experimental indie rock act White Glove Test and Little Rock rock band The Dangerous Idiots, a band comprised of Techno-Squid Eats Parliament founding members Aaron Sarlo and Shayne Gray, and Trusty founding member Paul Bowling, also on the bill.

For one night only the world-famous Chippendales return to Little Rock, presenting a show at the Peabody Hotel Ballroom, kicking off at 7:30 p.m. with the doors opening at 6 p.m. A 21-and-up show, tickets are $25 advance and $35 day of show for great seats, $35 advance and $45 day of show for excellent seats, and $45 advance and $55 day of show for limited, front-row seats. Everyone will have a seat though for the act that includes a selection of the world’s hunkiest men and the “world’s most recognized ladies’ entertainment crew.” Matt Joyce will open the show with his Elvis Presley tribute. It’s the perfect night for bachelorette parties or birthday parties for the ladies.

Since first picking up the guitar as a freshman in high school, Nick Flora has concentrated on making music that makes people happy, such as he does with Nick Flora & Film at Eleven on the handclapping indie pop of the title track from his latest album, Great Escape, or the slow, shuffling folk rock of “Summersong.” The Nashville, Tenn., artist is on tour with fellow Music City USA artist The Kicks, with their melodic, harmony-filled rock music influenced by such artists as Pete Yorn and Tom Petty. The two bands visit Revolution Music Room with a bill that includes Arkadelphia band The Running Back with their folk-flavored rock, Little Rock indie act Falcon Scott and experimental Little Rock hip-hop collective Futuro Boots. The 18-and-up show gets going at 8:30 p.m. with tickets $7 for over 21, and $9 for 20 and under.

Here’s a shot of The Revelations feat. Tre Williams with their tune “Heavy Metal Blues”:

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