Sound Advice

Need a New Year’s resolution for 2022? How about setting a musical goal to see some live music at a local venue? Check out below or elsewhere in this issue for some ideas.

Samantha Fish, winner of a dozen blues awards, returns to Wooly’s on Jan. 19. Advance tickets start at $25. Also at Wooly’s is ReCaptured: A Tribute to Journey on Jan. 14. Tickets $15.

Looking for a multi-sensory psych-pop experience? Then attend Zap Tura with guest Skyscraper on Jan. 14 at xBk. Tix are $10 in advance, $13 day of show.

Steve Vai brings his Inviolate Tour to Hoyt Sherman Place on March 20. Vai is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time, winning three Grammys and playing with bands such as Whitesnake, Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth. Tickets cost $40-$60.

Christian music’s Winter Jam 2022 takes place at Wells Fargo on Jan. 22, featuring Skillet, Colton Dixon, NewSong, Tauren Wells and more. Admission is $10.

Hairball announced a show that is set for Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Iowa State Fairgrounds’ Jacobson Exhibition Center with special guest The Pork Tornadoes. ♦