The Providence-based trio Anne’s Cordial performs blues and bluegrass Sunday afternoon at the monthly Live/Whirled concert series at Perishable Theatre.

The Providence-based female trio Anne’s Cordial can make a 16th-century Spanish Christmas carol sound like the blues, then turn around and make Robert Johnson’s “Hellhound on My Trail” sound like a piece of medieval music. They’ve got piano, guitar and harp, but the voices are the thing, both individually and (especially) combined. Highly recommended. They’ll do a program of blues and bluegrass at Marilynn Mair’s monthly Live/Whirled concert series at Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire St., Providence, Sunday at 3 p.m. Joe Auger is also on the bill and he’s exactly the same, except he’s one guy and he’s a guy, which is to say he’s not the same at all — but he’s an excellent solo singer-songwriter as well. Admission is $8; call (401) 331-2695, ext. 101.

After sets by both acts, the thing will — evolve? degenerate? I guess that’s up to you — into an open acoustic jam with audience members. Be prepared.

Super blues

The Superchief Trio — pianist-singer Keith Munslow, trombonist-singer Pam Murray and drummer Johnny Cote — have been keeping it real with New Orleans and barrelhouse piano-based blues for nearly a decade now, with original songs that keep alive the spirit of Professor Longhair, Meade Lux Lewis, Cow Cow Davenport and more. (I should disclose that I’ve played with them in a progenitor of the band, but if I don’t hold that against them neither should you.) They keep on keeping on at the Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St., Cumberland, Saturday night at 8. Tickets are $10; call (401) 725-9272.

Oldies and goodies

Kings Row does the oldies with an uncompromising level of musical and vocal skill that doesn’t dumb down or simplify the complexity and beauty of stuff like “Crying” and “I Can’t Find the Time to Tell You” (who even does that one anymore? Sweet stuff).

Their annual stop at the Stadium Theatre, in Woonsocket, is a little early this year, but close enough for Valentine’s Day — Saturday night at 8 p.m. at the Stadium, in Monument Square, downtown Woonsocket. Tickets are $15 and $20; call (401) 762-4545.

Murray pops in

Pretty much all touring oldies acts replace the complex, gorgeous orchestral arrangements you’ve grown up with on the radio with blaring synthesized imitations. That’s why the Rhode Island Philharmonic Pops series at the Providence Performing Arts Center, in which the orchestra puts the wood(winds) to old-time pop, rock and soul music (and the brass and strings to match), is such a breath of fresh air. This time around, Canadian institution Anne Murray, whose new album of duets finds her cool-water voice in as fine shape as ever on a collection of her best-known stuff, such as “Snowbird,” “Can I Have This Dance” and more, gets the Pops treatment at PPAC, 220 Weybosset St., Providence, Saturday night at 8. Tickets are $65, $55 and $45; call (401) 421-2787.

Balinese extravaganza

P.S.: I know Monday’s not the weekend, but Mair doesn’t play by our petty rules — she’s bringing the 30-piece Gamelan Galak Tika, straight outta Bali, for a free show of Balinese music and dance at the Roger Williams University Performing Arts Center, 1 Old Ferry Rd., Bristol, Monday at 8. Did I just say free? Yes I did. If you’ve never seen a full-on gamelan, you can and should fix that right up. Call (401) 254-3626. Bang a gong!

rmassimo@projo.com