SPRING’S SOON TO SPRING: Ah, spring — we are in for a lovely one this year, if the outstandingly green expanses of our paradise are any indication. After some very dry years, it’s nice to see S.B. looking so verdant. In tune with the heliotropic nature of humans and flowers, concerts are a-blooming in the weeks ahead, both in the usual venues and with some big music festivities like the soon-to-come Starry Nites Festival and Lucidity turning our heads toward sunny outdoor soundscapes. Keep your eyes on future issues for further information, where we will dive deep into the delights of spring.
GHOSTS AND GIRLS: Until then, for concerts this week, SOhO Restaurant & Music Club (1221 State St.) sure has more than its fair bouquet’s share of beauties. Besides hosting the S.B. Jazz Festival Redux, they are also welcoming to town one of hip-hop’s biggest names in the form of Ghostface Killah, who emerges from the shadowy secret chambers of his Wu-Tang Clan on Wednesday, March 8, at 8 p.m. As solo careers go, few artists in any genre have thrived like Ghostface, who has continued as one of hip-hop’s most gifted storytellers in solo efforts like Ironman, Supreme Clientele, and Fishscale. The days seem glorious for Ghostface, who is calling this most recent tour The Glorious Days Tour. He’s working on a sequel to Supreme Clientele and also steering the Wu-Tang ship in place of RZA, who handed Killah the creative control baton. It should be an exciting show, one that you surely shouldn’t ghost from, in the parlance of our times.
Also at SOhO, another prolific performer will pop on by, when Hayley Kiyoko plays with Flor on Sunday, March 5. Doors open at 7 p.m. Having begun her starry life in the buoyant scenes of Disney television movies, she has in more recent years made a name of her own with sing-along anthems like “Girls Like Girls,” a refreshingly awesome and matter-of-fact bit of LGBTQ-pride pop in a normative radio world.